Proposed Illinois cargo airport raises taxpayer cost, environmental concerns – Center Square

In 2019, Illinois lawmakers allocated $162 million taxpayer dollars for constructing an interchange at I-57 and Eagle Lake Road. “We don’t have roads out here. We don’t have water out here. We don’t have sewer out here. Some people have really lousy internet out here,” Will County Board Chair Judy Ogalla said.

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Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case

Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.

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