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Enbridge Moves on $650M Michigan Oil Pipeline in Fast-Changing Market

March 16, 2020

Contractor hires follow state court's green light despite governor's opposition; sector analyst warns of oil-price drop impact on planned natural gas pipe construction.

Midwest Utility Consortium Strategizes to Expand Renewable Energy Capacity

Corinne Grinapol

March 13, 2020

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In a just-issued report, 10 utilities cite need for more energy storage, transmission upgrade and new technologies to meet demands by 2050.

The Illinois Transportation Probe

Grand Jury Charges Former Illinois State and Chicago Official With Bribery

A new indictment expands to Chicago's ex-deputy aviation commissioner

Jeff Yoders

March 9, 2020

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Bill Helm, a former deputy commissioner of the Chicago Dept. of Aviation and a former IDOT official, was indicted March 6 by a grand jury for bribing former Illinois Senate Transportation Chairman Martin Sandoval

Transportation Special Report

Elusive Recipe: How to Make Recycled Road Materials That Last

Illinois guilty plea shed light on hit-or-miss search for way to use recycled asphalt shingles

Jeff Yoders

Aileen Cho

February 25, 2020

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The cost of funding research and shepherding new materials through the regulatory process was often paid by trade groups.

Labor

Illinois Developer, Sub-Contractors Ordered to Pay $1.1M for Prevailing Wage Violations

Northbrook, Ill., Senior Housing Project Found to Have Underpaid Union Carpenters in 2018

Jeff Yoders

February 24, 2020

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The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters was awarded its largest-ever backpay award by the Illinois Department of Labor in ruling that a developer and two subcontractors must pay $1.1 million for violating prevailing wage law on a senior housing project in Northbrook, Ill.

Buildings

$7B Tech Park Project in Chicago to Start Construction by Early 2021

Jeff Yoders

February 13, 2020

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Related Midwest says construction will begin by early 2021 on The 78, the developer's $7-billion, 62-acre megaproject in Chicago's South Loop.

Former Illinois State Senator Martin Sandoval

Public Works and Ethics

Ex-Ill. State Senator Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charge As Probe Expands

Investigation shifts to include recycled material used in asphalt pavement

Jeff Yoders

February 4, 2020

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Federal officials now are looking into former senator's influence in policy encouraging use of recycled shingles in pavement.

Project Finance

Gas Tax? Tolls? Michigan Gov. Says Enough, ‘I’m Issuing Bonds’ For Road Projects

State Senate pushes back by passing bill that asks to hire a toll road study consultant

Richard Korman

January 30, 2020

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Gretchen Whitmer tries to put an end to the finance debate in her state, as the Michigan state senate pushes for a toll road study.

NOAA Says 2019 Floods Caused $6.2B in Damage, Expects More

Jeff Yoders

January 29, 2020

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Flooding on the Mississippi River and its tributaries throughout Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and nine other states caused an estimated $6.2 billion in damage in 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its annual National Climate Report, released Jan. 15.