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Chicago Tribune: More toll lanes could be coming to Chicago area as highway funds lag
Chicago-area residents may be seeing more toll roads in the coming years.
Shrinking funds for road repairs and expansion, particularly from gas taxes, means that states are looking at both tolling and private financing to help pay for projects, and Illinois is no exception.
Bloomington Pantagraph: Central Illinois fights population loss
Bloomington-Normal and Decatur have different outlooks for local population growth, but a common approach: work together to keep and attract as many people as possible.
“We fully recognize our growth rate has slowed down, and that is why we are making a collective effort to address the economic aspects leading to a slower growth rate,” said Vasu Pinnamaraju, executive director of the McLean County Regional Planning Commission.
Northwest Herald: Algonquin Township officials urge Lake in the Hills leaders to stop water system sale
Algonquin Township officials will conduct a special meeting to vote on a resolution asking Lake in the Hills officials to stop the sale of a deteriorating water main system to a private company residents fear will make their water bills unaffordable.
Northwest Herald: Algonquin Township facing lawsuit over Freedom of Information Act for records requests
Another lawsuit has landed in Algonquin Township.
The latest legal barb comes from the Edgar County Watchdogs, a donation-driven group based in southern Illinois known for exposing corruption with documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.