Transportation
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State adds more Saturday options to get REAL IDs: Here’s updated locationsFeb 28, 2025 11:37 am - With a May 7 REAL ID deadline approaching for domestic flights, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is adding Saturday hours at several suburban locations. Sites with expanded hours include Elgin, Naperville, Schaumburg and Waukegan.
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IDOT: Route 59 reopened between Route 22 and Cuba RoadFeb 26, 2025 3:28 pm - The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that Illinois 59 (Hough Road), between Illinois 22 and Cuba Road, in North Barrington, is now open.
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FAA and NTSB probing close call at Midway involving Southwest plane and business jetFeb 25, 2025 6:11 pm - A business jet was taxiing on Midway runway “without authorization.” Runway incursions dropped in 2024, FAA says.
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FAA probing close call at Midway involving Southwest plane and business jetFeb 25, 2025 2:51 pm - A Southwest Airlines jet landed safely at Midway International Airport Tuesday morning after a close call involving a smaller aircraft on a runway.
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The governor wants to put pause on fuel tax shift. What would that mean?Feb 23, 2025 9:00 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker’s new budget plan proposes a one-year pause in the state’s gradual shifting of motor fuel taxes from the general fund to the road fund. Here’s why and what it means.
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‘We don’t want to see people freaking out’: Giannoulias explains REAL ID rules to prevent May 7 deadline stampedeFeb 20, 2025 12:43 pm - With a May 7 deadline looming for travelers to produce REAL IDs before boarding domestic flights, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias issued advice Thursday to forestall confusion.
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American Airlines adds flights, destinations to its O’Hare rosterFeb 20, 2025 8:46 am - American Airlines is debuting new direct service to Honolulu this winter and boosting departures from Chicago’s O’Hare by 22%, American officials announced Thursday. The airline is adding nonstop trips to Naples, Italy, this summer and will be flying to nine new cities from O’Hare in 2025, including Madrid and Halifax, Canada.
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Transit funding crisis on Pritzker’s radar but not budget proposalFeb 19, 2025 5:55 pm - RTA warns time is running out on fixing $771 million shortfall with service cuts looming. But Gov. JB Pritzker didn’t announce a proposal for dealing with the “fiscal cliff” in his budget address Wednesday.
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Heavy icing closes Route 59 in North BarringtonFeb 18, 2025 8:32 pm - Drainage problems and freezing temperatures makes for unsafe conditions on Route 59.
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Drainage, heavy icing closes Route 59 in North BarringtonFeb 18, 2025 5:59 pm - A drainage issue causing heavy icing on Route 59/Hough Road have closed the road in North Barrington temporarily, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation....