Marni Pyke
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New I-90 bridge over Fox: How do you build in a river?Nov 17, 2014 4:00 am - At dawn today, wind willing, two hoists will lift a 190,000-pound beam from a waiting truck on the Jane Addams Tollway and heave it onto columns rising about 40 feet abo...
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Metra answers frustrations on fare hikes, staff raisesNov 14, 2014 4:15 am - Metra's still got a lot of explaining to do when it comes to raising fares by a proposed average of 10.8 percent. The agency's board of directors is poised to vote on it...
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Metra board approves 10.8 percent fare hikeNov 14, 2014 12:00 am - Metra commuters who weathered the polar vortex of January 2014 can expect another big chill in February 2015 — higher fares. Metra leaders Friday debated and then approv...
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Metra employees get raises averaging 15% as agency eyes fare hikesNov 11, 2014 4:30 am - Metra leaders will vote Friday on proposed fare increases, including up to 19 percent for monthly passes in the same year hundreds of employees' salaries jumped by 15 pe...
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What's Rauner's take on transit, tollway?Nov 10, 2014 4:00 am - Pensions, schmensions. Readers of this column want to know what Illinois' next governor thinks about roads, transit and airports, issues sadly lacking in this fall's kno...
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Metra riders not onboard with fare hikeNov 06, 2014 12:00 am - Just a few riders showed up to Metra's hearing on a proposed fare hike at the Clarendon Hills village hall Thursday. Among them was retiree Bob Wayman of Downers Grove, ...
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Oberweis: No plans for another run for CongressNov 05, 2014 12:01 am - It comes down to cash, Republican state Sen. Jim Oberweis said Wednesday after U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's lopsided re-election to the seat the dairy executive craved. Unoff...
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Tell Metra what you think about fare increase planNov 04, 2014 12:01 am - You can't vote on Metra's proposed fare hike, but riders can give agency leaders their opinions during a series of hearings this week. The Metra board is expected to vot...
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Suburban Dems help party keep majorityNov 04, 2014 12:01 am - Besieged suburban Democrats who clung to narrow leads in the races for their Illinois House seats played a key role in their party's hopes to maintain one advantage desp...
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Durbin, Oberweis see red over environmental issuesOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - It was jab, left hook, eye roll, but no knockout punch Wednesday as U.S. Senate candidates Dick Durbin, the Democratic incumbent, and Republican state Sen. Jim Oberweis ...