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The Illinois Department of Transportation was created by the 77th Illinois General Assembly in January 1972. The department absorbed the functions of the former Department of Public Works and Buildings, acquired some planning and safety inspection functions of other state agencies, and received responsibility for state assistance to local mass transportation agencies such as the Chicago-area ...
The Illinois state government has numerous departments, but the so-called code departments provide most of the state's services. [1] [2] Code departments.
The administrative divisions of Illinois are the counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts. [11] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. The basic subdivision of Illinois are the 102 counties. [12] 85 of the 102 counties are in turn divided into 1,432 ...
The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is the code department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government that collects state taxes, operates the state lottery, oversees the state's casino industry, oversees the state's thoroughbred and harness horse racing industries, and regulates the distribution of alcoholic beverages throughout Illinois, including beer, wine, and liquor. [3]
The Galena and Illinois River Railroad was chartered in Illinois on February 18, 1857, [4] to build from Galena through Chicago to the Indiana state line towards Lansing, Michigan. The Chicago and Great Eastern Railway was incorporated in Indiana on June 19, 1863, to build from Logansport northwest to the Illinois state line towards Chicago.
I-Pass (stylized as I-PASS) is the electronic toll collection system utilized by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) on its toll highways that launched on November 18, 1993, with the opening of Interstate 355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway). [1]
The Pennsylvania Packet and the General Advertiser was an American newspaper that was founded in 1771. In 1784, it became the first successful daily newspaper ...
In 1766, William Dunlap left the business in the care of his nephew. John eventually bought the business, and at first made a living by printing sermons and probably broadsides and handbills too. In November 1771, Dunlap, with David C. Claypool began the publication of the Pennsylvania Packet, or General Advertiser, a weekly newspaper. From ...