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Tollway boss brings in five former colleagues, at $893,000 a year

By Marni Pyke
Dec 9, 2019 5:30 AM - The Illinois tollway is home sweet home for Chicago Housing Authority execs. Tollway Executive Director José Alvarez, former chief operating officer at the CHA, has brought in five former colleagues for salaries totaling $893,000.
Behind the scenes of a collision prevented over O'Hare: The conclusion

By Marni Pyke
Dec 2, 2019 6:13 AM - The conclusion of this two-parter: Two suburban air traffic controllers give a blow-by-blow on the day they prevented a plane crash near O'Hare.
'Hundreds of lives were at stake': How air traffic controllers caught a close call at O'Hare

Nov 25, 2019 5:20 AM - "Stop your climb." How O'Hare air traffic controllers with the right stuff prevented a potential airborne collision in March.
Even this close to Thanksgiving, there are travel deals to be found

By Marni Pyke
Nov 18, 2019 5:30 AM - OMG! Thanksgiving is 10 days away, and you haven't booked a flight, bus, or rental car! Breathe. And read our tips to get there without paying a fortune.
Are Illinois tollway payment machines shortchanging cash-paying drivers?

By Marni Pyke
Nov 11, 2019 5:30 AM - Some of the Illinois tollway's automatic payment machines give change to cash-paying drivers; most don't. So are customers being shortchanged?
'What's wrong with you guys?' Arroyo scolded tollway after it dumped his donor

By Marni Pyke
Nov 4, 2019 12:03 PM - Before his arrest for bribing a senator, satte Rep. Luis Arroyo chastized the tollway for "hanky panky," after directors didn't hire one of his campaign donors.
O'Hare ring road deal coming soon between tollway and railroads

By Marni Pyke
Oct 21, 2019 5:30 AM - Is there daylight between the Illinois tollway and the Canadian Pacific Railway after sparring over a new O'Hare road? Officials say yes.
Scared of long lines? What the Secretary of State is doing to meet REAL ID demand

By Marni Pyke
Oct 14, 2019 5:30 AM - Was that a pop-up drivers license station I saw? The Illinois Secretary of State's office is experimenting with opening offices on off days to handle the crowds seeking REAL ID.
Despite warnings, deaths at Illinois rail crossings trend up in 2019

By Marni Pyke
Sep 30, 2019 5:30 AM - Think the bells and lights at rail crossings are just decorative? That mistake could be fatal.
Leadership changes at tollway mean new positions and salaries

By Marni Pyke
Sep 9, 2019 5:30 AM - As team Pritzker takes over at the tollway, it looks like reforms could be expensive. New CEO Jose Alvarez recruited former CHA colleagues to focus on procurement problems whose salaries total half a million a year. Here's who's in and who's out.

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