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Sons of motorists killed in Willow Springs hydroplane crash sue county, village for not fixing ditch
The sons of two motorists who were killed in a car accident after their vehicle skidded off a Cook County road are suing several county and state government agencies for allegedly failing to remedy a known road hazard and alert drivers to the dangerous conditions. -
Federal judge expands power of 'Special Master' to review state agency political hiring practices
More than two years into an investigation of hiring practices at the Illinois Department of Transportation, a federal judge has expanded the power of the review panel to cover all other state agencies under the oversight of Illinois' governor. -
Federal jury orders IDOT to pay Muslim worker $1.5M for discrimination, retaliatory firing
A Chicago federal jury has ordered the Illinois Department of Transportation to pay more than $1.5 million for discriminating against a former employee who is Muslim and firing him in retaliation for blowing the whistle on alleged wrongdoings by fellow workers. -
Class action demands state pay up, despite budget impasse, for land taken for road projects
A property owner believes the state has wrongfully used Springfield’s ongoing budget dispute to improperly withhold payment on land the Illinois Department of Transportation seized for work on Route 59 in DuPage County, so the land owner has filed a class action to force Illinois to pay up to all others who have allegedly been similarly wronged. Naper Corner, successor entity to North Star Trust, filed suit Dec. 28 in Cook County Circuit Court. -
Judge tosses federal OK of Illiana highway; says need doesn’t square with population forecasts
Victory for environmental groups seeking to slap brakes to big rural interstate project to connect I-55 to I-65 -
Judge tosses federal OK of Illiana highway; says need doesn't square with population forecasts
A federal judge has dealt another blow to the already tottering Illiana Expressway project, ruling the federal highway officials’ approval of documents supporting the proposed interstate highway project is not anchored strongly enough in actual population or construction forecasts to pass muster under federal law. -
Environmental groups sue Federal Highway Administration over Illiana Tollway decisions
A trio of environmental groups has filed suit in U.S. district court asking a judge to vacate the Federal Highway Administration’s approval of documents supporting the proposed Illiana Tollway. -
IDOT seeks court's OK to acquire, buy private property for U.S. Route 14 project
The Illinois Department of Transportation is seeking a court order to acquire property so it can widen and reconstruct U.S. Route 14 at Wilke Road in Cook County.
