Ray LaHood

An Abraham Lincoln impersonator opens testinomy during a House hearing for the Lincoln museum foundation in this file photo from 2018.

Museum Taking Another Look At (Fake?) Lincoln Hat

Mike Smith

Officials at Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, known as the ALPLM, are once again trying to verify the authenticity of a...

Economy & Business

LaHood: Inaction On Highway Trust Fund Could Be Disastrous

Jason Rosenbaum

Originally published on Tuesday, updated on Wednesday, July 2 with "St. Louis on the Air" interviewFormer Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is…

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar (L) looks on as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood explains plans for changes to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial where the Gateway Arch sits, during a press conference in East St. Louis in Dec. 2010.

Government, Politics & Issues

Former Ill. Congressman LaHood To Leave White House Post

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican still left in President Barack Obama's first-term Cabinet, says he plans to leave the Obama…

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley.

Morning headlines: Wednesday, December 21, 2011

St. Louis County goes on holiday recess with approved budgetThe St. Louis County Council has approved a 2012 budget after a contentious season of fiscal…

Government, Politics & Issues

Transportation spending paves road to economic recovery, says LaHood

Jason Rosenbaum

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 28, 2011 - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood used a stop in Metro East Friday to stump…

LaHood says he'll leave at end of Obama's term

A spokeswoman for Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the former Illinois Republican congressman will leave the Obama administration at the end of…