| 02/01/2012 | Mo. Governor Backs Plans for Midwest Oil Pipeline
The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri)
Feb. 01--JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday enthusiastically endorsed plans for a new Midwestern oil pipeline -- along an existing pipeline route, which could make winning approval easier. |
| 01/27/2012 | $300 Million in Tax Funds to Be Used for Ohio Retail Project
The Journal-News
Jan. 27--Butler County's largest proposed retail development is expected today to receive to a multimillion-dollar commitment of public funding. |
| 02/01/2012 | ODOT Adds Another Year to Delays on Highway Projects
The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio
Feb. 01--Ohio Department of Transportation officials added another year's delay yesterday to 18 major highway projects that already were slated for delays of five to 17 years. |
| 02/01/2012 | NRC Inspecting Water Pumps at Stalled U.S. Reactor
Associated Press/AP Online
CHICAGO - A failed electrical insulator blamed for a power loss to a nuclear reactor in northern Illinois was replaced Tuesday, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission began a special inspection into how some equipment responded to the outage, officials said. |
| 01/31/2012 | Illinois reactor shutdown blamed on bad insulator
Associated Press/AP Online
CHICAGO - A failed electrical insulator in a switchyard was to blame for the power failure that caused one of Exelon Energy's nuclear reactors in northern Illinois to shut down, company officials said Tuesday. |
| 01/31/2012 | Apartments Help Boost Twin Cities Construction Activity
Star Tribune, Minneapolis
Jan. 31--New apartments helped goose residential construction in the Twin Cities metro this month, according to the Builders Association of the Twin Cities. |
| 01/31/2012 | Milwaukee Streetcar Project Gets Federal Backing
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jan. 31--Federal officials have given the green light for the Milwaukee Streetcar project to move forward, a city official said Monday. |
| 01/28/2012 | Casino Collapse to Delay Building's Construction
The Journal-News
Jan. 28--CINCINNATI -- Construction of a new casino will be indefinitely delayed following the building's partial collapse Friday. |
| 01/31/2012 | Senators Push for Pipeline Approval
The Washington Post
A group of 44 U.S. senators, all Republican but one, have signed on to proposed legislation that would authorize the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline despite the refusal of President Obama to advance the project. |
| 01/31/2012 | Chicago Water Sampling Shows High Levels of Lead
Chicago Tribune
Jan. 31--In a new round of water testing by the Environmental Protection Agency, half of the 29 Chicago homes visited yielded at least one sample containing more than 15 parts per billion of lead, a level that can trigger regulatory action if detected during routine screening. |
| 01/26/2012 | Three Coal-Fired Power Plants on Lake Erie to Close
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO -- An Ohio-based utility said Thursday that it will close three Lake Erie coal plants and all but one unit at another, scrapping some of the biggest fish killers on the Great Lakes. |
| 01/27/2012 | Minnesota Adds Wind Farms, Yet Rank Falls to No. 5
Star Tribune, Minneapolis
Jan. 27--Minnesota slipped from fourth to fifth place among states with the most wind power last year even as the state's number of wind farms climbed above 100. |
| 01/26/2012 | Alternative to Keystone XL emerges; line would run next to one that cuts across Missouri
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS -- While the political debate rages over the future of the Keystone XL pipeline, a competitor is proposing a line that would cut across Missouri and provide an alternative to Keystone for shipping Canadian tar sands oil to the Gulf Coast. |
| 01/26/2012 | Mississippi Bridge Plans Draw Curiosity and Criticism
La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, Wisc.)
Jan. 26--LA CRESCENT, Minn. -- Transportation officials unveiled designs for a new Interstate 90 bridge over the Mississippi River on Wednesday, when about 60 people weighed in on the project at a public meeting. |
| 01/25/2012 | Chicago Officials Seek to Expedite Fire Safety Updates for High-Rises
Chicago Tribune
Jan. 25--City officials said Tuesday that they intend to move faster to bring older high-rises into compliance with tougher fire safety standards adopted in 2004, reacting to a front-page Tribune story that detailed how hundreds of residential towers still have not even submitted plans to do so. |
| 01/24/2012 | Worker Killed, Two Injured on Ohio Turnpike by Tractor-Trailer
The Blade
Jan. 24--A veteran Ohio Turnpike maintenance worker from Perrysburg was killed and two co-workers were seriously injured Tuesday morning when a wayward tractor-trailer crashed into a work area in the westbound lanes. |
| 01/24/2012 | Construction Delays in Ohio Renew Turnpike Debate
Vindicator
Jan. 24--YOUNGSTOWN -- The delay of big-ticket construction projects in Ohio has stoked the debate over privatizing the state turnpike. |
| 01/24/2011 | Illinois Finance Agency OKs $200M for Student Housing
National Mortgage News
The Illinois Finance Authority advancedplans for $200 million in borrowing to finance new, privately developed student residential facilities at two state universities. |
| 01/24/2012 | Minn.-Wis. Bridge Clears Senate, But Prospects Still Uncertain
Star Tribune, Minneapolis
Jan. 24--In a milestone for the St. Croix River bridge project, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation on Monday night granting environmental clearances for the controversial crossing. |
| 01/24/2012 | Most Older Residential Towers in Chicago Fail to Meet Tougher Fire Standards
Chicago Tribune
Jan. 24--Years after owners of high-rise buildings were ordered to improve fire safety, more than half of Chicago's older residential towers have failed to implement changes that meet the city's tougher standards, records show. |
| 01/23/2012 | Coalition to Sue EPA Over Ash Pond Rules
USA TODAY
A coalition of 11 environmental and public health groups from seven states has announced plans to sue the government over the delay in finalizing rules to make coal ash ponds safer. |
| 01/22/2012 | Coal Plants Dominate List of Chicago's Biggest Polluters
Chicago Tribune
Jan. 22--Fed by a steady stream of coal barges, the aging power plants that loom over Chicago's Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods are by far the city's largest industrial sources of climate change pollution. |
| 01/19/2012 | Mich. Gov. Promotes School, Road Funding Plans
Detroit Free Press
Jan. 19--LANSING -- Gov. Rick Snyder told the Free Press today that he's not surprised or discouraged by negative reviews his second State of the State address received Wednesday and promised that citizens will hear more details when he presents his 2012-13 budget on Feb. 9. |
| 01/19/2012 | Two Large Firms to Get $54 Million in Ill.Tollway Work
Chicago Tribune
Jan. 19--Despite the Illinois Tollway's stated goal of "spreading around" big construction contracts, a joint venture between two major asphalt firms with long histories of doing public projects won tentative approval Wednesday for $54 million worth of toll road work. |
| 01/19/2012 | Ill. Ranks Second Among Top States for LEED-Certified Projects
PRNewswire-USNewswire
U.S. Green Building Council releases list of top U.S. states for LEED-certified projects in 2011 |
