Marni Pyke
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Timing is everything with state and local construction strikeJul 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Timing is everything when it comes to the strike affecting state and local construction projects. The walkout by members of the International Union of Operating Engineer...
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Staycations on the outs this July FourthJun 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Nearly 35 million of us will pile into our cars or jump on planes, buses and trains this holiday weekend. AAA Chicago reported that "staycations," the cheap alternative ...
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Road projects stop as workers vote to hit picket linesJun 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Union members say contractors wanted too many concessions
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Strike could halt Ike work, other local projectsJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Motorists sick of road construction could have another complaint this week - the fact no work is occurring. An apparent breakdown in talks between the unions representin...
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The costly probe into costly misconduct at MetraJun 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Who'd have thought it would cost so much money to figure out how so much money was misused? That's one of the aftershocks of the whole sad Metra scandal involving former...
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More excesses under former Metra CEO detailedJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Curbing the Metra CEO's authority and recouping pension funds expended through abuses of power by former Executive Director Phil Pagano are among the redress options Reg...
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State looks into fluid spill in Long GroveJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is looking into a case of spilled drilling fluid that ended up in a stormwater detention pond in Long Grove. IEPA inspectors...
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Kirk, Giannoulias trade views and barbs at election forumJun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - They actually agree on a few things but that didn't mean any Kumbaya moments Monday for U.S. Senate candidates Alexi Giannoulias and Mark Kirk at a forum sponsored by th...
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Metra launches search for new directorJun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - More financial misconduct details surface
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Ex-husband faces stalking charges in Arlington Heights incidentJun 19, 2010 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge set a high bond for a recently released prisoner who police say terrorized his ex-wife Friday in Arlington Heights. Anton Pettersen, 54, is charged w...