Road builders-led group win a legal victory in Cook County, Ill., argued transportation funds were not spent directly for infrastructure needs in 2023 as required by law
A Cook County Circuit Judge in Illinois rules that Cook County misdirected $243 million in transportation revenues in 2023 that should have gone to transportation infrastructure needs.
Gov. Kathy Hochul's 2027 spending proposal follows announced permitting reform measures set to speed residential and infrastructure construction and plans to expand nuclear power construction.
Federal transportation grants collided with a legal boundary few states anticipated and would have upended planned work and required them to enforce rules with “no bearing on transportation mobility or safety.”