Marni Pyke
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Oberweis puts out appeal for campaign cashOct 14, 2014 1:01 am - Supporters of U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis got a wake-up call from the Spring Grove Republican Tuesday. "My finance director just called me with an update on our s...
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Travelers tell tales as air traffic control facility reopensOct 13, 2014 5:30 am - What did 40 minutes of methodical, expert sabotage at one of the busiest air traffic control centers in the world Sept. 26 mean for Lori and Dan Palmer? They couldn't sa...
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Lawmakers aren't embracing Metra fare increasesOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - State lawmakers Friday were not ready to climb on board Metra's call for a decade of fare hikes. Metra's board of directors Thursday announced a sweeping plan to raise t...
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Metra asks for 68 percent fare hike over 10 yearsOct 09, 2014 10:00 am - Although a final vote isn't until November, a majority of Metra leaders Thursday committed to a proposal to raise fares an average of 10.8 percent in 2015 followed by in...
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Illiana gets go-ahead from planning boardOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - The political chewtoy that is the Illiana Expressway might have received the definitive go-ahead Thursday after a close vote in favor of the project by the Metropolitan ...
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Illiana Expressway rejected by planners, but can they be overruled?Oct 08, 2014 1:01 am - The fate of the Illiana Expressway, which has been strongly pushed by Gov. Pat Quinn as a job machine but was characterized by critics as an expensive boondoggle, could ...
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Same-sex marriage ruling shows divisions between Oberweis, DurbinOct 07, 2014 5:30 am - The U.S. Supreme Court's punting of the same-sex marriage issue Monday was an unexpected move, state Sen. Jim Oberweis said during an editorial board interview with the ...
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Why aren't O'Hare and Midway back to normal after sabotage?Oct 06, 2014 5:30 am - It's been 10 days since the "radar scopes went dark at Chicago Center," and the one-two punch of delays and cancellations has taken its toll at O'Hare and Midway Interna...
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Significant delays again at O'Hare and MidwayOct 06, 2014 1:01 am - Some flights arriving into O'Hare International Airport from Canada and the Midwest experienced delays averaging one hour, 36 minutes Monday afternoon because of phone p...
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O'Hare noise complaints in August more than 10 times last year'sOct 04, 2014 1:01 am - Residents affected by O'Hare International Airport jet noise are still taking to the phones in big numbers to complain, the latest data from the Chicago Department of Av...