AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoTransportation & Tolls: Illinois Tollway board approved a $26.5B modernization plan that raises passenger tolls starting Jan. 1, adding 45 cents per trip (90 cents for drivers without I-Pass/E-ZPass) and auto-increasing rates every two years for inflation. State Politics: At the Illinois State Fair, GOP leaders largely sidelined Trump and instead targeted Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrats in statewide office, while Democrats pushed momentum amid ongoing ethics and harassment fallout. Public Safety & Courts: Illinois AG Kwame Raoul hailed a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from accessing a database covering about 17 million commercial driver records. Civil Rights & Privacy: A federal judge certified a class of more than 22,000 truck drivers in a Union Pacific biometric privacy case under Illinois’ BIPA law. Utilities & Accountability: In Northwest Indiana, questions grew over NIPSCO’s handling of storm/power restoration, with reports of outside crews waiting for work orders for hours. Health & Consumer Impact: Abbott agreed to pay $670M to settle about 2,000 baby-formula lawsuits tied to Similac claims. Local Government: IDOT and Danville plan a median on North Vermillion St. near major businesses to improve safety and reduce high-severity crash risk.
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