Trump administration’s latest funding threat: $128 million in highway dollars

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Feb. 17, 2026, 8 p.m.
Last Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 8 p.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/17/trump-administrations-latest-funding-threat-128-million-in-highway-dollars/

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President Donald Trump’s administration — which within the last year has frozen or rescinded more than $2 billion in funds for Illinois infrastructure projects — is threatening to withhold even more money from the Land of Lincoln, this time in federal highway dollars. The U.S. Department of Transpo...