SPRINGFIELD: Budzinski Announces Federal Investment to Address Truck Driver Shortage, Expand Veteran Job Opportunities

This press release from Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) was published on 2026-04-06 and titled "SPRINGFIELD: Budzinski Announces Federal Investment to Address Truck Driver Shortage, Expand Veteran Job Opportunities". It focuses on taxes and touches on the environment, veterans affairs.

SPRINGFIELD: Budzinski Announces Federal Investment to Address Truck Driver Shortage, Expand Veteran Job Opportunities

SPRINGFIELD, IL — Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Lincoln Land Community College, and the Illinois Trucking Association announced a $76,500 U.S. Department of Transportation grant to support Lincoln Land Community College’s commercial motor vehicle operator training program. The program specifically provides commercial driver’s license (CDL) training for veterans, and the USDOT funding secured by Budzinski will support education for at least 17 new students. […] The post SPRINGFIELD: Budzinski Announces Federal Investment to Address Truck Driver Shortage, Expand Veteran Job Opportunities appeared first on Nikki Budzinski .