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Organized labor and the business community are demanding far more robust infrastructure spending, while the governor’s people point to very real cost considerations for consumers.
Marc Poulos, Executive Director of the Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting, joins John Williams to talk about the effort to add privately-managed toll lanes along I-55 from Interstate 355 to the Dan Ryan Expressway.
All three votes were unanimous decisions to increase each utility each year, for the next four years. Author: Shelby Kluver (WQAD) Updated: 12:27 AM CDT July 27, 2021 ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — The Rock Island city council unanimously voted to increase utilities on the city's water, wastewater, and storm water through 2025. It came after a dramatic and, at times, heated city council meeting over the future, possible privatization of the city's water. Water utility rates will now increase 5.5% every year through 2025 for all user classes. Wastewater utilities will ...