

High Profile Architects Compete For Obama’s Presidential Library
Architecture firms from Chicago, New York, California, North Carolina, Italy and the United Kingdom are rumored to be under consideration...

Quincy Veterans Home Legionella Outbreak Kills Eight
Fifty two people have been sickened, and eight have died, in an outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease at the Illinois Department of Veterans...


Huntley Dropping “Copper Only” From Plumbing Code
For many years the Village of Huntley has been a community with the highest quality requirements for new construction, by means of a...


IDOT’s New Secretary Warns Against “Planning For Yesterday”
Governor Rauner’s newly appointed Secretary of Transportation Randy Blankenhorn warned in a speech September 3 at the City Club of...


Stalled Progress On Representative Tryon’s Low Carbon Electricity Bill Threatens Shutdown Of Exelon’
Huntley’s 66th District Representative Mike Tryon, Chief Co-Sponsor of HB 3293, Low Carbon Energy Portfolio, and Co-Sponsor of the...


Unions Win A Round For Day Labor Worker Organization
NLRB’s August 27, 2015 decision in Case 32-RC-109684, Browning-Ferris and Sanitary Truck Drivers Local 350, puts every employer hiring...


New USEPA Clean Water Rules In Force In Illinois
Despite a ruling by North Dakota Federal Judge Ralph Erickson in Fargo barring enforcement of EPA’s new clean water rules in 13 states,...


Overtime Pay Lawsuit Hits Walsh Construction
Chicago based Walsh Construction is facing a federal class action overtime pay lawsuit in Connecticut, brought by non-craft project...


Mayor Emanuel Reorganizes Chicago Infrastructure Trust
Frustrated with the sluggish pace of progress by his showpiece Chicago Infrastructure Trust in pushing forward funding and completion of...


OSHA Proposes $1.7 Million Fine For Worker Asbestos Exposure
St. Louis area contractors Kehrer Brothers Construction and its affiliate D7 Roofing were investigated by OSHA for exposing Mexican H-2B...