Transportation
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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....
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All 80 aboard a Delta jet survive after it burst into flames on a Toronto runway
Feb 18, 2025 11:35 am - The Delta Air Lines jet came down fast, landing so hard that it lost its right wing, then burst into flames on a runway in Toronto. The aircraft slid to a stop, upside down, leaving a trail of black smoke in its wake.
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Can this interchange be fixed? Tollway wants to tame I-355/I-88 gridlockFeb 17, 2025 6:58 pm - The Illinois is developing a engineering solution for the traffic black hole at I-355 and I-88.
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Delta flight flips over on landing at Toronto's Pearson Airport and 8 people are hurt
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Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash