Federal Judge Denies Native American Last Minute Bid to Block Dakota Access Pipeline
Dakota U. S. District Judge James Boasberg has denied a motion by the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes to block further work...
Electricity Wholesalers File Federal Lawsuit To Block Illinois Nuclear Plant Subsidies
Dynergy and other electricity wholesalers have filed suit in federal court in Chicago to block the subsidies for unprofitable nuclear...
Goose Island May See Chicago’s First Modern Wooden Office Building
Commercial construction with wood has been missing from Chicago since the Great Chicago Fire in 1872. Now it may be coming back. Hines...
Centegra Opposes Mercy’s Proposed Crystal Lake “Microhospital”
Centegra Senior Vice President Hadley Streng says “There is no need for the services Mercy proposes [at its microhospital at Route 31 and...
Seventh Circuit Schedules March 1 Arguments In Lawsuit Challenging Mandatory Union Dues
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has scheduled oral arguments for March 1 in a case challenging mandatory union...
Congressional Budget Office Veteran Doubts Trump Infrastructure Tax Incentive Plan
Former CBO head Douglas Holz-Eakin has doubts about the viability of President Trump’s plans to provide $137 billion in tax credits to...
Trump Administration Pushes Ahead on Two Pipeline Projects
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Paul Cramer says the further environmental study of the pipeline project initiated January 18 by...
Illinois Budget Impasse Stalls Olive Harvey College Construction
Construction of the partially completed Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Center at Olive Harvey Community College on Chicago’s...
Mayor Emanuel Proposes Streamlined And Progressive Building Code Enforcement
Pushing forward reforms for centralized building code enforcement procedures first planned after Chicago firefighter Daniel Capuano died...
Walker’s Wisconsin Highway Budget Eliminates Prevailing Wages
Governor Scott Walker’s $6.1 billion highway construction and repair budget drastically cut funding for Interstate 94 improvements around...
