Marni Pyke
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Gas prices won't deter drivers Memorial Day weekendMay 22, 2018 1:00 am - The slow creep of gas prices won't deter vacationers eager to escape this Memorial Day weekend, AAA predicts. About 41.5 million Americans will venture somewhere this ho...
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Different rules for two committees selecting professional contractsMay 21, 2018 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway blacked out names of members of a professional consultant selection committee in 10 sets of minutes provided following a Freedom of Information Act ...
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Who's on contractor selection committee? Tollway won't sayMay 21, 2018 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway contends its no-bid process that uses a selection committee to makes recommendations to the board on expensive engineering contracts is independent ...
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'It was close,' but pilot's skills before plane crash around Hanover Park may have saved livesMay 19, 2018 1:00 am - As they gazed at the mangled wings and crumpled propeller of a single-engine airplane that crashed near their Hanover Park homes, Longmeadow Lane residents considered th...
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Will new GOP ties bind with Shaw, Schneider merger?May 19, 2018 1:00 am - After a nasty primary battle Republicans are ready to unify, newly re-elected Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider said Saturday. Attorney Mark Shaw was chos...
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Man arrested in luggage scare at Ogilvie Transportation CenterMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - Metra police arrested a Georgia man following a suspicious luggage scare that evacuated Ogilvie Transportation Center Wednesday. Rajender Chandani, 46, of Hogansville, ...
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RTA: State fee costing millions, could lead to more fare hikesMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - With two weeks remaining in the spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers have yet to resolve key issues affecting transit riders' pocketbooks, leaving agencies on ...
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Suspicious packages shut down commuter trains at Ogilvie CenterMay 16, 2018 1:00 am - Police continue their search for the man who abandoned luggage at Ogilvie Transportation Center, triggering a bomb squad investigation, shutting down trains, inconvenien...
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Father's rights fuel Antioch Libertarian's bid for governorMay 14, 2018 5:30 am - Charismatic Libertarian candidate for governor Kash Jackson is locking in votes with his narrative about how Illinois' flawed divorce laws left him penniless and kept hi...
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What O'Hare airport's five new gates mean for travelersMay 14, 2018 5:30 am - Will five extra gates at O'Hare International Airport revolutionize flight operations, generate billions of dollars and end the dreaded "folks, we're going to have to si...