Marni Pyke
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Leprechauns OK on Metra this weekend, but not boozeMar 14, 2019 1:00 am - Metra's adding trains and rules this weekend to accommodate crowds heading to St. Patrick's Day events and discourage bad behavior. With parades in Chicago, Naperville, ...
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'Our anxiety level was high': Flyers glad Max 8 jets are groundedMar 13, 2019 1:00 am - With public anxiety at a high over the mysterious crashes of two Boeing 737 Max 8 jets and pressure mounting from lawmakers, the government took the decision out of the ...
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Website helps calculate how much you'll pay in Pritzker's tax planMar 12, 2019 1:00 am - How much will Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed graduated income tax cost or save you? State officials released a way to tally that up Tuesday with an online tax calculator...
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Cook County among nation's worst for rail trespassing deaths, injuriesMar 11, 2019 5:30 am - It's a ranking no one wants a part of: the top 10 most-dangerous counties for train track trespassers. Yet Cook County - where 109 people died or were injured trespassi...
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Similar crashes of 737s raise questions and cause uneaseMar 11, 2019 1:00 am - Southwest and other airlines worked Monday to reassure jittery passengers wary of Boeing 737 Max jets after one of the aircraft crashed Sunday in Ethiopia. "We remain co...
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Pritzker income tax plan ranges from 4.75 to 7.95 percent; GOP cries foulMar 07, 2019 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker pitched a new graduated income tax system Thursday that he called essential to Illinois' stability even as suburban Republicans launched a campaign of...
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Pritzker pot plan gets pushback from some suburban lawmakersMar 05, 2019 12:00 am - A suburban lawmaker is receiving bipartisan support to put the brakes on fellow Democrats' and Gov. J.B. Pritzker's push to legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois. ...
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Did Pace make a clout hiring, or are critics making 'absurd claims'?Mar 04, 2019 4:30 am - Pace officials are defending the agency against claims of age discrimination and political nepotism entwined in a federal lawsuit. Lawrence Gress of Downers Grove, a for...
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Pritzker: Illinois needs progressive income tax to help the budgetMar 04, 2019 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday he doesn't foresee pushing pension obligations onto local municipalities and school districts, but Illinois needs a progressive income tax...
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Now that it's March, let's talk about ... more winter?!?Mar 01, 2019 12:00 am - How bad was this winter? So bad the car is pickled from the road salt brine. So bad the snowblower called in sick. So bad the dog is using the cat's litter box (no, not ...