03.04.2009 12:57 pm

Ill. lawmakers press for Energy to Jobs Initiative

Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Downstate lawmakers and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce touted a new measure Wednesday they say would encourage alternative energy projects, create jobs and pump millions of dollars into local economies.

The Illinois Energy to Jobs Initiative (House Bill 3854…

Nixon enlists Yale dean to head Natural Resources department

By Jake Wagman

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Templeton

With less than a day before he removes the “elect” from his title, governor in waiting Jay Nixon is putting the finishing touches on his cabinet.

On Saturday, Nixon announced that he has asked Mark N. Templeton, an associate dean at…

Obama group to tour state in “flex-fuel” vehicles, tout alternative energy

By Jo Mannies

Special to the Post-Dispatch

The Missouri campaign arm of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is embarking Wednesday on what’s billed “the Missouri Energy Independence Tour.”

Party activists plan to “travel across the Show-Me state in green flexfuel vehicles to talk with voters about Barack Obama’s plan…

Ill. lawmakers press for Energy to Jobs Initiative

Nixon enlists Yale dean to head Natural Resources department

Obama group to tour state in “flex-fuel” vehicles, tout alternative energy

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