Chicago will get more than $27 million in Energy Efficient Conservation Block Grants as part of the federal stimulus program....
Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 05.25.2011
Metropolitan Chicago will receive more than $25 million in federal funding for various construction and Army Corps of Engineers projects....
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO (AP) -- The nation's second largest transit system has already begun using federal stimulus money to repair Chicago's aging subway network, of...
Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 05.25.2011
As the federal government descends deeper into deficit spending, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Mayor Richard Daley today came out in defense of one politi...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011
Chicago's $1 billion cut of the federal stimulus pie will be used, in part, to rebuild 43 miles of pothole-filled arterial streets, upgrade the police...
Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011
Illinois transportation officials say they haven't missed any federal deadlines for stimulus funds. And an Illinois Department of Transportation spok...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.25.2011
Illinois still has not officially submitted a list of shovel-ready road and mass transit projects to the federal government for funding under the econ...
Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he is holding back his list of projects that could be funded by federal stimulus money because he's afraid of raising...
Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011
With Illinois poised to get nearly $9 billion from the federal stimulus bill, state and city officials have been scrambling to compile wish lists of p...
Chi-Town Daily News | Megan Cottrell | Posted 05.25.2011
A big slice of the $8.5 billion dollars in housing could hit Chicago's housing market, bringing in much needed funding to keep the city's housing stoc...
The Huffington Post | Ben Goldberger | Posted 05.25.2011
With Congress set to vote Friday on the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus package, details have seeped out about how the money will be divided. It...
Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011
Almost every Chicago alderman said they support a resolution introduced Wednesday calling on Mayor Richard Daley to publicly release the list of proje...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 05.25.2011
Mayor Richard M. Daley hasn't been too specific about what's on the city's economic-stimulus wish list. But during a visit to Washington on Tuesday, h...
Chicago Sun-Times | Maureen O'Donnell | Posted 05.25.2011
Mayor Daley on Monday outlined projects he would like to complete if funding is made available through President Obama's economic stimulation package....
Chicago Public Radio | Adriene Hill | Posted 05.25.2011