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Illinois Tollway Proposes $26.5 Billion Plan With Largest Toll Hike in State History

Toll increases would fund 15 years of road widening, bridge repairs and a proposed I‑490 connection with public comments due by Aug. 3.

Porto Seguro Delays Environmental Vehicle Fee to August

San Francisco Rejects Both Competing Business Tax Measures

Utah Lawmakers Push to Shrink 40,000‑Acre Stratos Data‑Center Plan

Macron Orders Government Consultations on Plastic Bottle Deposit Plan

Madrid Overhauls Park Weather Rules, Keeps Three Open Under Red Wind Alerts

DeSantis Signs Florida Law Requiring Hyperscale Data Centers To Cover Their Own Utility Costs

Bay Area Air District Weighs Exemptions in Gas Heater Phase-Out

Ford Vows Little Norway Park Will Stay as Province Presses Billy Bishop Expansion

Waymo Skips Austin Hearing on Robotaxi Safety After Sixth Street Shooting Response

Calgary Passes Water Plan With Odd-Even Watering and Leak Repairs

Germany Launches €1.75 Billion Push to Rewet 90,000 Hectares of Drained Peatlands

NGT Declines to Admit Plea Against Telangana’s Musi Riverfront Project

Trump Weighs $7.5 Billion Penn Station Plan to Move Madison Square Garden

Trump Touts Memphis Crime Drop During Visit as Task Force Reports 43% Decline

Argentina’s Lower House Sets Glacier Law Hearings as Registrations Surge

KYTC Pauses Dixie Highway ‘Road Diet’ Plan for Public Input

Brazil’s New Environmental Licensing Law Takes Effect as Supreme Court Reviews Challenges

Brandenburg SPD and CDU Open Coalition Talks With Mid-March Target

Juiz de Fora Revokes Contested IPTU Decree as Other Cities Roll Out Inflation-Only Updates