Oct. 2 is the deadline for Union Pacific and Illinois Department of Transportation to submit their request for $2.3 billion of federal stimulus funds, which will allow UP to construct an additional rail line to service their new freight distribution center in Joliet, as well as increase the number of passenger trains between St. Louis […]
Michelle Higginbotham
Posted inOpinion
Too many payday loan shops drive businesses away
Alderman Debbie Cimarossa, working in conjunction with the MacArthur Boulevard Business Association (MBBA), last fall introduced an ordinance to the city council that would have required payday lenders to be located at least 1,500 feet (approximately three blocks) apart. It grandfathered existing businesses, but the MBBA felt that the ordinance would have been one means […]
