Ford Motor Co. and contractor Devin Industrial Group have already begun construction on a $700-million, 500,000-sq-ft gas-electric hybrid Ford F-150 manufacturing plant at the company's 100-year-old Rouge Center in Dearborn, Mich. The first trucks are expected to come off the line by late 2021.

Chicago has around 400,000 homes with lead service lines. Although the city has made EPA's safe drinking water standard, the homes tested mostly belong to employees and retirees from the water management department and the voluntary replacement program is not funded beyond 2021.

An Iowa landscaping contractor's former vice president inflated the value of its invoices to give the company a no-interest loan. It was caught when a geofoam supplier complained to the Iowa Department of Transportation that it hadn't been paid.

Chapter members organize to reinstate Zurich Esposito, the highest staff officer.

Violent storm's effect on power infrastructure and buildings is still being dealt with in Iowa.

State reached agreement to pay homeowners and businesses for lead-tainted water but its lawsuits against consultants that advised the city will continue.

Illinois transportation officials unveiled a six-year, $21.3-billion upgrade program recently, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the gas tax shortfalls expected from it.

Larry Householder and political allies used more than $60 million from a nuclear energy provider to win back state post and repaid it with $1.1 billion in ratepayer subsidies, say federal charges.

Deferred prosecution agreement says major energy infrastructure bills were voted on and passed as a result of favors to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's associates. ComEd will pay a $200-million fine.