A negative vote from a state-created special district on a proposed tollway between Illinois and Indiana did not override the federal government’s endorsement of the project, a state appeals panel ruled Wednesday.The 1st District Appellate Court rejected an attempt by two environmental groups, Openlands and the Sierra Club, to stop the proposed 47-mile-long Illiana Tollway, which would run from Interstate 55 in Illinois to Interstate 65 in Indiana.The plaintiffs believed that the project would harm the Midewin …