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The governor's office has announced funding for dozens of public transit projects in the state, including Bloomington-Normal. Connect Transit will receive $9.6 million from the Rebuild Illinois Capitol program.
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Union-tied research group pushes for mileage tax to shore up road-building funds
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A coalition of businesses that includes Rivian is urging Gov. JB Pritzker to get Illinois to adopt new rules promoting electric trucks and buses.
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The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has announced funding for several electric bus and charging infrastructure projects in Illinois through the omnibus appropriations bill signed into law in March.
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Rivian produced 7,363 electric vehicles during the third quarter of the year, according to a company news release. That's a 67% step-up from the prior three-month period, and more than six times the number produced in the first quarter of 2022.
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Heartland Community College's groundbreaking event kicked off construction on a new Electric Vehicle Energy Storage Manufacturing Training Facility at the campus on Raab Road.
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Illinois candidates for governor talked agriculture policy at an ag sector roundtable Wednesday consisting of more than 100 industry leaders. The session was held in McLean County at Shuler Farms in rural Lexington.
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Heartland Community College has approved construction of a $17.5 million building for manufacturing classes. President Keith Cornille says the new Advanced Manufacturing and Training Center on campus will house HCC's electric vehicle and energy storage programs.
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The electric automaker Rivian plans to add a second shift at its Normal manufacturing plant by the end of next month, creating a need for even more hiring, the company said Thursday.
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Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe was at the White House on Tuesday as President Biden signed legislation that will pump more than $50 billion into research and manufacturing of semiconductor chips.