Spending continued Wednesday on passenger terminal improvements at the Gary/Chicago International Airport as officials continue talks with commercial airliners to provide passenger service. The airport authority approved a $3.66 million contract with Gariup Construction, of Gary, for a passenger terminal parking revenue control system and for passenger boarding bridges.
When it was introduced in 1793, a penny could buy a biscuit, a candle or a piece of candy. But now most of them are cast aside to sit in jars or junk drawers, and each one costs nearly 4 cents to make.
Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin called the U.S. bond boycott a way to push back on the authoritarian regime of Donald Trump. Chicago does not hold any such securities.
The Atlanta beverage company on Nov. 7 said its subsidiary sold all outstanding shares of Coca-Cola Consolidated, a Charlotte-based bottler that serves about 60 million consumers.
An influx of about $142 million in revenue derived from the states mass transit funding bill will prevent any cuts and allow for some modest improvements at the agency.
After a flurry of orders late last month which were the first of this season Chinese imports of U.S. cargoes seem to have faltered, according to traders who asked not to be identified.
