BELLEVILLE, Ill. (Tribune News Service) — It’s been going on for decades. Every few years, a southern Illinois congressman sends out a news release, announcing that Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Co.

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A new law that will require U.S. troops to wear combat boots made in the U.S. will drive more work toward U.S.-based rubber manufacturers and may spur both manufacturers and rubber boot suppliers to ...