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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.
Route 53's shelving means uncertainty for property sellers

By Marni Pyke
Sep 1, 2019 10:58 PM - With the Route 53 extension lifeless, are properties the state intended to buy for the project orphaned and what does that mean for the sellers?
Posh pot boutiques? 'Budtenders'? Illinois police worry what's down the road

Aug 26, 2019 5:30 AM - Pot is for sale at a posh shop in Toronto, joining the growing list of places where it's now sold. As Illinois readies for the same, suburban police chiefs worry about what's to come.
Lost ID? You still can get through airport security -- sometimes

By Marni Pyke
Aug 5, 2019 5:30 AM - Lost your ID and need to catch a flight? All might not be lost if you throw a Hail Mary to the TSA security screeners.
If Lake County puts Route 53 plan on ice, will tollway get cold feet?

By Marni Pyke
Jul 8, 2019 5:30 AM - If Lake County gives the proposed Route 53 extension the boot, will the Illinois tollway follow? "I absolutely think the tollway should drop the study," said Hawthorn Woods Mayor Joseph Mancino, whose town opposes the extension.
Doubled state gas tax just a start. State law will cost you in other ways, too

By Marni Pyke
Jun 24, 2019 12:42 PM - Lawmakers agreed to double the 19-cent state motor fuel tax on July 1 to fund a $33 billion transportation program. But that's just the beginning of a series of possible additional gas tax increases.
Doubled state gas tax just a start. New state law will cost you in other ways, too

Jun 24, 2019 12:29 PM - Lawmakers agreed to double the 19-cent state motor fuel tax on July 1 to fund a $33 billion transportation program. But that's just the beginning of a series of possible additional gas tax increases.
Starting July 1, no more free passes for texting (or holding your phone at all) and driving

Jun 17, 2019 10:51 AM - It's serious now. Starting July 1, there's no free pass for first-time scofflaws if cops catch you texting and driving, or really doing anything with a phone in your hand while driving.

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