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Truckers Input Sought as Illinois Expressway Shootings Skyrocket

Truck drivers traveling along Illinois expressways where shootings spiked 110% last year are advised to report suspicious activity and use a new police website map of real-time gunfire reports.

February 11, 2022
GovernmentBusiness

Illinois Trucking Association Launches Womens Coalition

The Illinois Trucking Association launched a new coalition aimed at empowering women in the trucking industry.

February 4, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Biometric Privacy Law in Illinois Posing Legal Challenge for Truckers

Legal experts are warning that trucking companies and their technology providers could be unintentionally dragged into state and federal class-action civil lawsuits over compliance with the notification requirements of an Illinois biometric privacy law.

January 27, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTCA

Illinois Lays Out Six-Year Timeline for $1.2 Billion I-80 Reconstruction Project

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Oct. 18 unveiled a six-year timeline for the $1.2 billion reconstruction of Interstate Highway 80 through Will County, including work on aging bridges over the Des Plaines River considered so decrepit that unions put up billboards with warnings such as Cross bridge at your own risk two years ago.

October 19, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Signs Transportation Asset Management Plan Into Law

Illinois Gov. Jay J.B. Pritzker has signed a law intended to improve transportation infrastructure while maximizing the effectiveness of taxpayer dollars.

August 27, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Illinois Releases $20.7 Billion Infrastructure Construction Plan

Illinois Gov. Jay J.B. Pritzker joined various officials May 19 to announce the release of a $20.7 billion transportation construction plan for the state.

May 21, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Illinois Gov. Pritzker Directs $15 Million to Manufacturing Training Academies

In an effort to develop the manufacturing workforce, Illinois Gov. Jay J.B. Pritzker announced a $15 million investment to build two advanced manufacturing training academies.

April 30, 2021
BusinessEquipment

Navistar to Close 125-Acre Melrose Park, Ill., Facility

Navistar International Corp. announced it approved a plan to sell its facility in Melrose Park, Ill.

January 15, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Illinois Officials Announce $250 Million for Local Infrastructure

Illinois will direct $40 million to help build a port in Cairo, the southernmost city in the state and an advantageous location for the movement of goods, state officials recently announced.

July 31, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

Illinois Leaders Unveil $21.3 Billion Infrastructure Plan

Illinois Gov. Jay J.B. Pritzker recently announced a $21.3 billion plan to improve roads and bridges throughout the state.

July 27, 2020