Marni Pyke
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RTA spending more than $670,000 on spin controlSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - An August Regional Transportation Authority audit scolded Metra for hiring PR consultants, but the agency isn't practicing what it preaches. Records show the RTA has sp...
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Tollway employees fired for bullying, growing pot and moreSep 26, 2013 5:02 pm - An Illinois tollway employee growing marijuana — although not on the premises — and maintenance workers going AWOL were among the findings in a semiannual report by the ...
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Des Plaines tollway oasis closing next yearSep 26, 2013 11:48 am - It’s had a good ride, but the Illinois tollway’s Des Plaines Oasis will close ahead of schedule in 2014 to make way for the extension of the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway and ...
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Transit agencies lay out differences to panelSep 25, 2013 6:59 pm - Give us more power, merge all four agencies, or leave us alone were among the conflicting arguments presented by Metra, Pace, the CTA and the Regional Transportation Aut...
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O'Hare's newest runway will mean big changesSep 23, 2013 5:30 am - Sure, the official name is “runway 10 Center/28 Center,” but I'll always think of it as the St. Johannes Cemetery runway and recall the fight between Chicago and Bensenv...
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Suburbanites settle in to Metra boardSep 20, 2013 6:34 pm - Metra’s besieged board continued its gradual evolution Friday with the arrival of two new members from the suburbs. Directors Manuel Barbosa, a retired federal judge fro...
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Metra releasing confidential files to state investigatorsSep 20, 2013 5:41 pm - After a nearly two-hour executive session Friday, Metra board members voted to release confidential documents to state investigators looking into its latest scandal. “We...
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Tollway may relax time to pay back tollsSep 19, 2013 5:00 pm - You'd still owe for that missed toll, but you'd have more time to scrounge money or buy a lottery ticket to cover the cost under a plan adopted by a tollway panel Thursd...
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Race for O’Halloran’s Metra spot is onSep 18, 2013 4:45 pm - Cook County commissioners will size up applicants for the Metra board position vacated by former Chairman Brad O’Halloran in an open meeting Oct. 1. O’Halloran departed ...
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State police expanding use of stun guns on highways, tollwaysSep 18, 2013 10:51 am - Illinois State Police District 15 troopers who patrol the region’s tollways will be getting reinforcements soon by way of stun guns. Illinois State Toll Highway Authorit...