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Dec. 9, 2010 at 2:51 p.m.
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Filed under: Manufacturing, Transportation, Travel

Illinois gets $42M of Wisconsin, Ohio rail money

By Associated Press

In this April 26, 2010 file photo, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, accompanied by. Sen. Christopher Dodd, second from left, get off an Amtrak train in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

The Obama administration is taking $1.2 billion in high-speed rail money away from Ohio and Wisconsin and awarding it to other states, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday.

Both Ohio and Wisconsin have elected incoming Republican governors who oppose the rail projects. So LaHood said he is awarding their money to rail projects in states that are eager to have it.

High-speed trains will not only improve transportation but reinvigorate manufacturing and put people back to work in jobs that pay well, LaHood predicted in a statement. Get the full story »

Nov. 19, 2010 at 10:10 a.m.
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Filed under: Commercial real estate, Real estate

2 Chicago sites on American Greetings’ radar

By Wailin Wong

Greeting card maker American Greetings Corp. is considering two sites in the Chicago area for its corporate headquarters, which it may move from Brooklyn, Ohio.

The company said in a Friday statement it may stay in Brooklyn, which is in the greater Cleveland area. But it is also looking at six other sites, with four in Ohio and two in “greater Chicago.” American Greetings spokeswoman Patrice Sadd declined to be more specific about the Chicago-area locations under consideration. Get the full story »