Marni Pyke
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Pritzker, Rauner campaign back-to-back in suburbs this weekOct 23, 2018 1:00 am - With just two weeks left before the Nov. 6 election, rivals Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrat J.B. Pritzker appealed to core constituencies in back-to-back subur...
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Big construction weekend coming on Metra BNSF lineOct 22, 2018 1:00 am - Metra BNSF Line riders jumping on the train this weekend should prepare for delays and schedule changes. The commuter railroad is squeezing three weeks of track repairs ...
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Pritzker, Rauner split on free full-day kindergarten, and so are suburban schoolsOct 20, 2018 1:00 am - Pritzker, Rauner are split on it, and so are suburban schools
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Who gets night noise? Debate on runways resumingOct 18, 2018 1:00 am - Tough decisions redrafting nighttime jet noise patterns around O'Hare International Airport start next month when an advisory group considers which runways to use in a w...
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Metra's threat of service cuts fails to grab state's attentionOct 15, 2018 5:30 am - Two separate but related transportation news stories surfaced back-to-back last week. On Tuesday, Metra released the proposed 2019 budget with no fare increases but dir...
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Rauner jumps on Pritzker for hiring nonunion workers; labor leader unmovedOct 15, 2018 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner called Democratic rival J.B. Pritzker a "fraud" for using nonunion workers to renovate his Chicago home, although the Republican admitted to similar hi...
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Bullying-prevention activist uses tragedy to empower kidsOct 13, 2018 1:00 am - After two years of being bullied, Ty Field-Smalley faced his tormentor in the school gym. "Ty finally had enough. He retaliated," father Kirk Smalley recalled Saturday t...
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More express trains and tolls, no Route 53 extension on agency's 2050 planOct 10, 2018 1:00 am - Faced with gridlock, flooding, a racial divide and shrinking funds, suburbanites and Chicagoans must think regionally to reach a prosperous 2050, planners said Wednesday...
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Foxx asked to review Pritzker's taxes on toiletless mansion; he donated to her campaignOct 05, 2018 5:20 am - The prosecutor Republicans want to investigate tax fraud allegations involving Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker received a campaign contribution from the ...
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Pritzker on hot seat over tax refund, while Rauner challenged on pollutionOct 03, 2018 1:00 am - On one hand, a failure. On the other, a tax cheater. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker slung mud and tried to make it stick in the sec...