Most of Illinois' stimulus money spent, but projects still in progress
(MCT) — Before Barack Obama even had lifted his hand off the Bible at his presidential inauguration four years ago, government officials across Illinois had started to compile their dream lists.
City planners and state transportation officials scrambled to identify virtually every "shovel ready" project they could think of, in hopes of bringing their blueprints to life through the federal stimulus package that the new home-state commander in chief soon would steer through Congress.
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