Marni Pyke
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Grayslake man decries ban keeping Syrian son-in-law out of U.S.Feb 03, 2017 4:05 am - President Donald Trump's ban preventing Syrians from entering the U.S. is hitting home for a Grayslake family. "It's the first time I've had the federal government step ...
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Black police officers at Metra sue railroad for discriminationFeb 01, 2017 12:00 am - Twelve current and former Metra police officers are suing the railroad in federal court, accusing high-ranking officials of racism and discriminatory behavior. The offic...
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Roskam backs Trump on travel, refugee ban; Duckworth appeals to MattisFeb 01, 2017 12:00 am - The suburbs' two Republican congressmen are diverging on President Donald Trump temporarily banning refugees from entering the U.S. and restricting travel for people fro...
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Metra's latest fare hike arrives this week: Where's money going?Jan 30, 2017 4:00 am - Three Metra fare hikes instituted each February from 2015 through 2017 will generate a cumulative $117 million. The latest increase, averaging 5.8 percent, begins Wednes...
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Hultgren criticizes immigration ban, Roskam stays silentJan 30, 2017 12:00 am - Breaking ranks with GOP leaders, U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren criticized President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning refugees from entering the U.S. and res...
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Hundreds protest for immigrants at O'HareJan 29, 2017 12:00 am - Suburbanites and Chicagoans, Jews and Muslims, students and businesspeople packed O'Hare International Airport's international terminal over the weekend two separate tim...
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O'Hare Airport second busiest after Atlanta's Hartsfield-JacksonJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - It might seem like the nation's busiest airport if you're stuck in a line, but O'Hare is No. 2 once again, data released Thursday shows. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Inter...
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Could Pace buses be part of revamped central Tri-State?Jan 26, 2017 12:00 am - The central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) could be the next local highway to feature Pace express buses, planners said Thursday. Pace and the Illinois tollway are finalizing...
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Eisenhower toll idea meets skepticismJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Transportation hopes to squeeze more lanes out of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) to fix an infamous bottleneck, but there was skepticism ab...
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Report: Marine was driving drunk in crash that killed threeJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - A U.S. Marine recruiter involved in a fatal wrong-way car crash Dec. 2 on I-88 in Naperville had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal threshold, authori...