Create Jobs, Pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework

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Dear Representative,

The time is now to rebuild our nation's infrastructure. The $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework is a robust investment that will restore our country and create good jobs.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework will create hundreds of thousands of good family-supporting jobs and rebuild our infrastructure to the world-class standards we deserve.

As a union member of the Laborers' International Union of North America, I urge you to quickly vote in favor of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. It will mean good middle-class jobs for me and my union brothers and sisters and it will ...

Washington, D.C. (November 5, 2021) – Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – made the following statement today:

Today’s long awaited vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the single greatest infrastructure investment in generations, is a victory for the hard-working men and women of LIUNA. The $1.2 trillion investment will restore our roads and bridges, our water systems, transit, and broadband with historic new investments. The investment will put Laborers to work in every community, revitalize our nation’s economy, and open doors to the midd...

Alexander County hopes to land large share of U.S. intermodal shipping traffic

By PETER HANCOCK
Capitol News Illinois
phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD – A proposed river port development in the southern Illinois town of Cairo is drawing much attention and interest from companies that believe it could open up greater access to international markets, officials behind the project said Tuesday.

The Alexander-Cairo Port District project has been on the drawing board for about 10 years, but it was given a major boost in 2019 when the General Assembly passed a $45 billion capital improvements plan called Rebuild Illinois, which included a $40 million investment ...