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UpdatedFri, Apr 30, 2021 at 9:25 am CT Replies(190) Chicago's Lake Shore Drive was changed to DuSable Drive after an unanimous vote in the City Council on Thursday. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images) CHICAGO — Seventeen miles of Lake Shore Drive is set to be renamed after Chicago's first non-native settler, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable. The City Council committee of transportation voted unanimously for the proposition Thursday, but some aldermen wonder if Mayor Lori Lightfoot will veto the change when it goes before the entire City Council. The expected change will rename a portion of outer Lake Sh...

Alabama aims to raise $14 million for state parks improvements Updated Apr 15, 2021; Facebook Share Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey this morning announced a public private partnership to raise $14 million for improvements to the state park system. Standing at Oak Mountain State Park, which saw tornado damage just weeks ago, Ivey said the effort, through the Alabama State Parks Foundation, is aimed at raising millions of dollars to improve cabins, campgrounds, trails and amenities, as well as educational programs. The announcement came the same week the Alabama House approved a proposed constitutional ...

JUPITER ISLAND — Former County Commissioner Anne Scott, who was once engrossed in an email scandal that cost Martin County millions, is attempting a comeback in public office, and is focused on what’s ahead of her, not behind. The one-term county commissioner and six-year Jupiter Island town commissioner is challenging Mayor Whitney Pidot, for a two-year Town Commission seat in Tuesday's nonpartisan municipal election. Jupiter Island has 711 registered voters. Citing frustration with “heavy-handed” leadership of her town’s government, Scott is making her first bid for publi...

On Aug. 25, 1978, Rockwell International sent a letter to employees at its Hopedale plant, notifying its 600 workers of the company’s plan to consolidate its manufacturing operations elsewhere. Rockwell, which purchased control of Draper Corp. in 1967, cited several reasons for this closure, including what it called the energy crunch of 1973-74, increased foreign competition, and the expenses of maintaining the plant, which was over 60 years old at the time. “By this letter, we wish to assure you that the company’s tentative decision to consolidate operations was reached only after most...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by a Florida environmentalist who was facing a $4.4 million verdict in a lawsuit stemming from her opposition to a project in Martin County.