Marni Pyke
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Planning board approves Illiana Expressway constructionOct 17, 2013 11:00 pm - Amid a split among suburban leaders, the controversial Illiana Expressway received a shot in the arm Thursday when a planning board endorsed the road, marking a signific...
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Task force: transit agencies selfish, scandal-riddenOct 16, 2013 2:00 pm - Systemic corruption, turf wars and inefficiencies are dragging down the region's transit agencies, a scathing report by a state task force concludes. “Portions of the tr...
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Transit funding spat resolved; consultant says status quo not workingOct 15, 2013 10:49 am - Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the amount of the discretionary funds. After weeks of feuding, the Regional Transportation Authority, Metra, Pace and th...
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Illiana Expressway plan looks like it will passOct 14, 2013 5:30 am - If I could get away with it, I’d start accepting bets on the fate of the Illiana Expressway when it goes to a vote Thursday before a powerful committee of the Chicago Me...
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Naperville walkers share memories of their 'angels'Oct 12, 2013 4:00 pm - Tiny Savannah Rae Dussman only lived four days, but her parents have a lifetime of memories. “She was beautiful,” Courtney Dussman said of the daughter who died of a rar...
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Back to prison for Edward hospital thiefOct 12, 2013 2:29 pm - Preying on vulnerable patients at Edward Hospital in Naperville turned into an 11-year prison term for a 29-year-old Chicago man last week, according to a spokesman for ...
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More DUI trouble for retired QB AvelliniOct 12, 2013 2:00 pm - Previous drunken driving arrests combined with a September traffic stop by Roselle police resulted in felony charges for former Chicago Bear Bob Avellini last week. A Du...
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Illiana Expressway fails to get support from planning groupOct 09, 2013 10:17 am - Accusations of political pressure dominated debate Wednesday about the Illiana Expressway, which the Chicago Metropolitan Agency on Planning voted not to put on a list o...
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Pace working through Ventra issuesOct 08, 2013 6:13 pm - In response to first-time Ventra customers’ frustration about long waits on customer service phone lines and uncooperative websites, Pace officials said Tuesday they are...
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Official says ‘something has to give’Oct 08, 2013 6:11 pm - Flights are landing and taking off safely but it’s a challenge without the support staff air traffic controllers rely on, says one union official who handles O’Hare Inte...