Marni Pyke
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‘I’m begging you’: Distraught tollway workers ask board, Pritzker to avert potential layoffsApr 18, 2024 6:35 pm - Illinois tollway employees packed the boardroom Thursday, some of them in tears, as they implored agency leaders to keep their jobs intact. SEIU Local 73 members, who inc...
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Caged for a Cause fundraiser puts volunteers in the doghouse for a dayApr 18, 2024 6:30 am - Four humans will get a dog’s eye view from a West Suburban Humane Society kennel for eight hours on Thursday. Organizers hope the first Caged for a Cause fundraiser will generate $10,000 to help care for dogs and cats at the shelter.
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Illinoisans can now get documents notarized without leaving homeApr 18, 2024 6:29 am - Illinoisans who want documents notarized can do so without leaving their homes, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Wednesday.
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‘This legislation is about respect,’ advocates say of bill nixing senior road testsApr 16, 2024 6:33 pm - Democratic and Republican state lawmakers urged their colleagues Tuesday to pass a law ending road exams for seniors. Illinois mandates drivers ages 79 and 80 to take a r...
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Protests disrupt traffic into O’Hare during morning rush, 40 taken into custodyApr 15, 2024 5:50 pm - Forty people were taken into custody by Chicago police Monday after pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked traffic heading into O’Hare International Airport during the mor...
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More lanes on Eisenhower? Extend Route 390 west? Tollway starting to make plans for futureApr 15, 2024 9:04 am - After myriad brainstorming sessions, hearings and fiery debate, the Illinois tollway board approved a controversial rate hike for its supersized Move Illinois program in ...
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State wants schools to monitor students’ vaccination status amid measles outbreakApr 12, 2024 6:43 pm - With measles cases hitting a recent high of 62 in the Chicago region, state officials are asking schools to check students’ vaccination status and encourage shots to redu...
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Drowning in IRS minutia despite so-called ‘easier’ taxes? Here are some tipsApr 11, 2024 7:12 pm - Given that Congress simplified income taxes in 2018, why do basics, such as claiming a child tax credit, open up a rabbit hole of schedules and work sheets? “I always chu...
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United employees pitch in to assist migrant familiesApr 19, 2024 3:05 pm - Numerous United Airlines employees briefly shifted from the business of transporting passengers to assembling thousands of kits with essential items for Chicago-area migr...
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Will your train station get a makeover? Here’s what Metra is fixing in 2024Apr 11, 2024 6:41 am - A new station platform in Wood Dale, rebuilt crossings in Des Plaines and Elgin, plus 15 updated bridges along the UP North Line are among Metra’s to-do projects this yea...