Marni Pyke
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What Metra stations are popular? Agency looking at well-used and underused stopsMar 20, 2019 1:00 am - Metra stations will go under the microscope as the agency launches an effort to grow ridership. Officials Wednesday released a draft station evaluation policy on Metra's...
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Kane County official's close call illustrates hazards for cyclistsMar 18, 2019 5:30 am - Like he always does, Carl Schoedel grabbed his gear, pushed off on his bike and began the 9-mile trek to work early Tuesday. It was his birthday, so Schoedel treated him...
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Gorman's out at the tollway as new board moves inMar 15, 2019 1:00 am - There's more churn at the Illinois tollway with the executive director exiting as Gov. J.B. Pritzker's team assumes control. "Executive Director Liz Gorman is no longer ...
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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. ...