April 05, 2022
An environmental group challenging a Chicago-area airport's $50 million expansion project urged an Illinois federal judge Monday to reject arguments by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Federal Aviation Administration that its suit was brought in the wrong venue, saying the agencies have mischaracterized its claims.
February 01, 2022
The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Federal Aviation Administration want an Illinois federal court to drop them from conservationists' suit challenging a Chicago-area airport's $50 million expansion project, arguing the claims regarding federal approvals were brought in the wrong venue.
November 01, 2021
Construction on a Chicago-area airport's $50 million expansion project set to begin Monday was postponed after the airport reached an agreement with a conservation group alleging the planned expansion would destroy some of the state's last remaining prairie land.
October 27, 2021
A Chicago-area airport's expansion project would permanently destroy the state’s "vanishingly rare" and iconic prairie land, and eliminate critical habitat for an endangered bee species, a conservation group told an Illinois federal court in a new complaint.