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Trump official's directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states

By JEFF McMURRAY and SUSAN HAIGH
Feb 07, 2025 1:54 pm - Shortly after he was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy circulated a memo that instructed his department to prioritize families by, among other things, giving preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average when awarding grants.
Remains of all 10 people killed in Alaska plane crash have been recovered, authorities say

Feb 07, 2025 7:29 am - A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board died, authorities said. The crash appeared to be one of the deadliest in the state in the last 25 years.
EVs, hybrids give spark to Chicago Auto Show

By Marni Pyke
Feb 06, 2025 8:22 pm - What’s hot at the auto show this year as industry deals with high prices, politics.
Trump blames ‘obsolete’ US air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC

By JOSH FUNK
Feb 06, 2025 11:25 am - President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed last week's deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter on what he called an “obsolete” computer system used by U.S. air traffic controllers, and he vowed to replace it.
United Airlines anticipates more O’Hare gates, flights after departure surge

By Marni Pyke
Feb 04, 2025 8:34 pm - An expanded O’Hare footprint helps United compete with rival airports in Atlanta and Dallas, officials say.
Salvage crews remove large portion of commercial jet from river after deadly air collision near DC

By DAVID R. MARTIN, MICHAEL R. SISAK and CLAUDIA LAUER
Feb 03, 2025 7:43 am - Salvage crews have removed a large portion of a commercial jet from the Potomac River near Washington’s Reagan National Airport on Monday, five days after a midair collision last week that killed 67 people.
Start your engines — Jeep is back and hybrids are hot at the Chicago Auto Show

By Marni Pyke
Feb 02, 2025 9:00 pm - The Chicago Auto Show pits Bronco Mountain against Camp Jeep, plus EV test tracks, Rivian and a new family zone.
Midair collision kills 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century

By LOLITA C. BALDOR, TARA COPP, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and LEA SKENE
Jan 30, 2025 5:53 am - A report by the Federal Aviation Administration says staffing in the air traffic control tower was “not normal” at time of the midair collision near Washington.
Buffalo Grove offering e-newsletters on local road projects

Daily Herald report
Jan 29, 2025 1:07 pm - Buffalo Grove residents can sign up for free e-newsletters providing updates on major road construction projects on tap this year.
Trump’s transport secretary orders fuel-economy rule rewrite

By Keith Laing
Jan 29, 2025 7:58 am - Newly appointed US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered a rewrite of more stringent US fuel-economy rules, following through on one of President Donald Trump’s first directives after he retook the White House.

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