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House-Senate Transportation Bill Compromise Protects Important Illinois Infrastructure Priorities

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced a bipartisan, bicameral agreement to authorize and fund transportation programs for the next 5 years.  Durbin – who was a member of the Conference Committee tasked with finding a compromise between the House and Senate versions of the transportation bill – said that the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act will provide the certainty that businesses and state governments, like Illinois, need to plan critical infrastructure projects and create good-paying jobs.

Durbin Announces $67 Million In HUD Funding For Illinois Housing And Community Development

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that communities in Illinois will receive a total of $67,050,654 in grant funding through four programs administered by Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help develop urban communities

Recent Gov & Nonprofit Real Estate Press Releases

Young Op-Ed: Americans need to be protected from cargo theft

In the fall of 2024, PFL Logistics — a third-party logistics company in Evansville, Ind. — lost a $60,000 shipment that was stolen after a trusted carrier was compromised. As PFL worked to figure out what happened during the delivery process, it was forced to cover the costs of the missing shipment, a massive blow to this Hoosier company.