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The City of Chicago has advanced a $7-billion, 15-year plan to redevelop 55 acres around Chicago's United Center with housing, retail, entertainment space and a public plaza.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was found guilty on 10 counts of bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy Feb. 12, while being acquitted of seven other counts and the jury deadlocked on six more.

Ohio Attorney General sues United States Gypsum Co. for nearly $17 million to recover costs incurred to stabilize a state roadway threatened by sinkholes that had developed above the company’s former underground gypsum mines.  

The southbound Daniel Carter Beard Bridge reopened exactly 100 days after its approach was damaged by a fire.

Failing to follow state and federal drug testing protocols has resulted in an $8.5 million settlement in the wrongful death of construction worker fatally struck by a dump truck in St. Paul, Minn. 

Numerous problems were encountered in the concrete construction work. 

Project delivery approach for the 72-mile-long line delivering Missouri River water to southeastern South Dakota is being used for the first time in the state.

In Milwaukee, plans are in the works for two tall mass timber-concrete hybrid buildings, including one that could become the world's tallest.

Company leaders estimate Clayco Compute will reach more than $4.5 billion in revenue by 2026.

The John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Memorial Bridge has been a vital pathway in and out of downtown Kansas City, Mo., since 1956, when it opened as the Broadway Bridge.