Illinois allocates $220 million for transit, ports projects
The state of Illinois is allocating nearly a quarter-billion dollars to support new downstate transit and ports projects. Roughly half will go toward 37 transit systems outside of Chicago, and the other half will invest in a dozen of the state's ports. Gov. JB Pritzker said in a news conference Wednesday the investment will benefit organized labor across the state. The money is the latest round of funding from the $45 billion dollar Rebuild Illinois program. Including the newest round of investments, Illinois has devoted […]