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Infrastructure law includes millions for animal crossings
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Motorists and truckers aren’t the only ones to benefit from the recently signed $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, which includes the largest investment in road and bridges in a generation. Wildlife will experience a lifesaving benefit if states...
Burlington to vote on two bonds in special election
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Voters in Burlington will be asked in a special election on Tuesday whether to approve two bond proposals that city officials say will reduce the pain of more expensive repairs and replacements later. The first ballot item, if passed, would allow...
New I-69 section in central Indiana could open in December
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — State highway officials expect to open a new section of the Interstate 69 extension project between Indianapolis and Bloomington by the end of December. That step will reopen the main route between the two cities that has been cut off as a...
Longest-serving trustee in Ohio stepping down after 52 years
THOMPSON, Ohio (AP) — The longest-serving township trustee in Ohio is about to leave office after 52 years of service. William “Andy” Thompson, 84. was first elected as a trustee in Thompson Township in 1970 and has since served 13 consecutive, four-year terms,...
Laos opens railway to China as debt to Beijing rises
BEIJING (AP) — After a blessing by Buddhist monks, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh on Friday rode the first run of a $5.9 billion Chinese-built railway that links isolated, mountainous Laos with southern China in an effort to increase trade. Both governments tout...
16-year-old boy charged with killing 3 in Indianapolis field
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 16-year-old boy was charged Friday with three counts of murder in the October deaths of three young men whose bodies were found in a field in Indianapolis. Marion County prosecutors charged Caden Smith of Indianapolis as an adult in the deaths,...
Land value dispute delays levee project near New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Construction on a long-planned levee in southeastern Louisiana has been delayed at least a month because of a dispute over land to complete the project. The West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Levee is designed to protect St. John the Baptist, St....
Editorial Roundup: Illinois
Arlington Heights Daily Herald. November 26, 2021. Editorial: Senate wise to begin looking into management questions at the tollway “What’s going on at the tollway?” seems to be a perennial concern in Illinois politics. Perhaps a Senate hearing...
Man killed after pulling gun on 2 officers on Interstate 4
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Police officers in central Florida fatally shot a man who pointed a gun at them early Sunday as they were investigating reports of a suspicious car parked in a construction zone along Interstate 4, authorities said. Officers Tammy Hathcock and...
NYPD's top-ranking uniformed officer to retire next month
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department's highest-ranking uniformed officer, Rodney Harrison, is retiring Dec. 30 after become the first person ever to rise from cadet to chief of the nation's largest police department, the department announced Thursday. During...
