Transportation
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Southwest Airlines breaks with another tradition and checked bags will cost you now
Mar 11, 2025 9:09 am - Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals.
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Metra ‘owes an explanation’: Documents show ‘allegation chart’ and ‘discrimination section’ in secret police probeMar 09, 2025 9:00 pm - State senator wants Metra outside consultants’ report released. “If you’re going to hide it, it just lets it fester.“
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Huntley preps for Kreutzer Road widening – village’s largest public improvement project ever
Mar 09, 2025 10:07 am - Construction is scheduled to start later this year on Huntley’s $14.6 million Kreutzer Road widening and realignment project.
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Metra asks feds for relief in feud with Union Pacific over ‘unreasonable’ costs to run trains on tracksMar 07, 2025 7:34 pm - Union Pacific, Metra impasse gets real with predictions of a commuter shutdown in July.
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Unexploded WWII bomb halts Eurostar travel connecting Paris to London and Brussels
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Where’s the beef at O’Hare, plus a Spirit Airlines check-in switcherooMar 03, 2025 8:07 pm - O'Hare opens new Butcher & the Burger eatery in Terminal 5, while Spirit Airlines check-ins shift to a new location.
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Input sought on Fairfield Road planning study in Lake CountyMar 03, 2025 4:15 pm - The Lake County Division of Transportation is seeking feedback on work completed over the past year as the Fairfield Road Planning Study progresses.
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Randall Road construction begins this week. Here’s what you should know
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‘The right stuff and more’: What happened in near miss at Midway AirportMar 02, 2025 8:00 pm - “Two pilots in a matter of less than seconds had to make a decision that saved lives and they did it.” Experts weigh in on the near collision last week at Midway.
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‘Instability in the market’ or rightsizing? What does federal EV cold shoulder mean for Illinois?Mar 01, 2025 2:07 pm - President Donald Trump’s opposition to electric vehicles is problematic for Illinois businesses banking on federal support, even as the state continues expanding EV infrastructure.