Sep. 10—Trenton — After years of remediation, Wayne County is marketing the former McLouth Steel site, a Downriver property officials say is primed for industrial or mixed-use redevelopment. Khalil Rahal, an assistant Wayne County executive and head of the county's Economic Development Corp., told The Detroit News Thursday tens of millions of dollars have been spent on environmental cleanup ... Read More

CHICAGO (AP) — Government and airline officials gathered on Thursday to mark the completion of a $6 billion modernization project to untangle the jumble of runways that for decades made flying into and out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport feel like a downtown traffic jam at rush hour. During a ceremony at the airport, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the 16-year O'Hare Modernization ... Read More

Sep. 3—Five to 10 years of taxiway reconstruction at the Duluth International Airport has its first funding in the form of a $7.3 million federal grant. The funding was first announced by Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Hermantown, last week. Stauber is a member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation, and noted the funding coming from the Airport Improvement Program. "As the state of Minnesota continues ... Read More

Aug. 23—Citing delays and limited resources, opponents of a proposed power line through southwest Wisconsin have dropped efforts to inspect the phone of a former regulator who had secret conversations with utility executives. The Driftless Area Land Conservancy and Wisconsin Wildlife Federation are suing the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in an effort to block the $492 million line known ... Read More

The city of Chicago announced new mixed-use projects valued at $200 million for South Chicago, North Lawndale, Bronzeville and New City as part of its Invest South/West initiative to spur development in disadvantaged communities. Four projects, selected from 15 proposals to the city’s planning department, are expected to create more than 215 residential units and 40,000 square feet of ... Read More

Google will invest an additional $1 billion into its data center operations in New Albany while buying land in Columbus and Lancaster for more data centers. The Columbus site is the home of the old Hartman Farm off of South High Street. "We are delighted that Google Cloud has committed to expanding its presence in Ohio, further solidifying the state's position as one of the country's leading ... Read More

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) now says there have been more releases of drilling fluid along the Line 3 oil pipeline project than previously reported. Between June 8 and Aug. 5, there were 28 releases at 12 river crossing locations, the agency said. In one of those cases, on July 6, about 80 gallons of fluid entered the Willow River in Aitkin County. The MPCA says there were 13 ... Read More