Marni Pyke
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Tell RTA how you feel about plan to ease your commuteMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The Regional Transportation Authority is giving the public a chance to comment on a sweeping plan to improve commutes in the area. The agency's Cook-DuPage Corridor tran...
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RTA gets more clout with funding packageMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - When state lawmakers handed public transit agencies extra operating cash in January, they gave the Regional Transportation Authority something equally valuable -- power....
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Spring dreams: This winter, too, shall passMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - "April is the cruelest month," T.S. Eliot famously wrote, but he really must have forgotten his Midwest roots after years in England. February 2008 was the cruelest mont...
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Elk Grove Twp. strip mall total loss after blazeMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - It took only minutes for an early morning fire in Elk Grove Township to wipe out months of hard work by Ingrid Corral. The Hoffman Estates restaurateur and other small-b...
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What you need to know about free transit ridesMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - In a few weeks, senior citizens will begin riding trains and buses in the Chicago region for free. The perk was a last-minute addition to a transit fund bailout approved...
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Fire guts Elk Grove area businessesFeb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - A fire broke out at about 7 a.m. today, gutting businesses at 2501 E. Oakton in Elk Grove Township. The blaze occurred in a 13-unit strip mall just west of Elmhurst Road...
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Grand jury indicts murder suspectFeb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - A Cook County grand jury indicted an admitted gang member for murder in the shooting death of a popular Buffalo Grove High School sophomore, officials said Friday. Juan ...
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Cook County budget shutdown loomingFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - A day of heated rhetoric and back-door negotiations left Cook County leaders no closer to passing a budget and hours from a potential government shutdown. Commissioners ...
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Your need for speed may cost you during rush hourFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - How much is breezing through rush-hour traffic worth to you? That's the question commuters might face if federal dollars materialize to establish "congestion pricing" al...
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Stroger: Compromise tax cut won't workFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - A proffered compromise to raise the Cook County sales tax by three-quarters of a percent and garner about $300 million to eliminate a budget shortfall won't cut it, coun...