Marni Pyke
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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...
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Pritzker pays back tax breaks following report on toilet 'scheme'Oct 02, 2018 1:00 am - While J.B. Pritzker is paying back $331,000 in property tax breaks after a report linking the Democratic candidate to a "scheme" to defraud Cook County, his campaign ins...
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Metra cited as model for preventing train fatalitiesOct 01, 2018 5:33 am - Metra technician Matt White was focused on installing equipment high atop the roof of the Van Buren Street Station Feb. 6 when the alarmed face of a conductor in a passi...
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Goodbye, SUV: Metra video of staged crash shows why trains always winOct 01, 2018 1:00 am - It was a setup and no one was harmed - but the video of a Metra locomotive pounding into an SUV and tossing it like a toy still evokes a wince. Officials with the commut...
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Pritzker wants to root out 'corruption' at tollwaySep 29, 2018 1:00 am - Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker criticized political favoritism at the Illinois tollway and promised a clean slate if elected. "I have deep concerns abou...
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More input on jet noise, protection against being bumped in new FAA rulesSep 27, 2018 1:00 am - A law empowering flyers and residents hit by jet noise passed with strong backing from Democrats and Republicans in the midst of a partisan war over a Supreme Court nomi...
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Pritzker: Expanding gambling for road funds worth a look, but mileage tax too experimentalSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Expanding gambling in Illinois could help pay for roads and bridges, J.B. Pritzker told the Daily Herald editorial board, while distancing himself from a politically vol...
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Illinois 200: Illinois' long (and sometimes rocky) romance with trains enduresSep 24, 2018 5:30 am - Trains brought Abraham Lincoln's body home to Illinois, transported southern blacks escaping Jim Crow laws to Chicago and now carry a labor force of thousands between th...
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Cadre of GOP insiders getting big salaries at Illinois tollwaySep 22, 2018 1:00 am - In less than two years, the Illinois tollway has hired six Republican insiders for high-level jobs that collectively pay nearly $916,000 a year, including a former elect...
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New Cumberland Avenue flyover ramp set to open ThursdaySep 20, 2018 1:00 am - A little less stress for Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) and Kennedy Expressway drivers is expected Thursday when a new flyover ramp onto Cumberland Avenue opens. Gridlock co...