Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan Convicted of Conspiracy, Bribery and Wire Fraud
A federal jury rendered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, convicting him of 10 counts including conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud, involving utilities Commonwealth Edison and AT&T, and deadlocking on six counts, including a racketeering charge,
Industrial Leads for the Week of February 17, 2025
AlaskaAlaska Gasline Development Corp. is planning to construct natural gas pipelines and eight compressor stations, a 3.5-billion-cu-ft-per-day gas processing plant and carbon capture plant on the North Slope, and a 20-million-metric-tons-per-year liquefied natural gas export terminal and combined-cycle power
Federal Disruption and Public Works
The first modern Golden Age of federal public works investment involved building the Interstate Highway System starting in 1956, declared finished in 1992. What many consider the second was developed by the Biden administration and authorized by Congress to
Contractor Tackles Tangle of Upgrades for U. of Tennessee
Seventy-five years after its first contract to work on the University of Tennessee Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Michigan-based The Christman Co. is tackling a sprawling program of updates to equip the facility for its next decades of football.The current
DOD’s Hegseth Instructs Defense Agencies to Remove PLAs From Contracts
Speaking at a press conference in Stuttgart, Germany, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Feb. 11 instructed Dept. of Defense agencies to remove language requiring project-labor agreements in all contracts of more than $35 million and to update and
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Sylvia Smith, partner emerita at design firm FXCollaborative and ENR New York Legacy Award winner, participated in workshop with University of Ghana officials. Photo courtesy FXCollaborative Sylvia Smith, partner emerita