Southland pols want Rauner to greenlight airport, Illiana

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., has sent a letter to Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed by 36 Southland elected officials of both parties urging the new governor to support the Illiana Expressway and a suburban airport at Peotone.

The letter is in reaction to Rauner’s action last week suspending planning and development of all major interstate highway construction projects and his coolness toward the state’s airport plans…Please click here to read Keith Benman’s story in the Times. Related stories are here in the Southtown Star, here in the Examiner or here in the Daily Journal.