Articles filed under Tollways
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Therapy dogs, the gift of I-PASS, and other holiday travel tipsDec 21, 2018 12:00 am - United Airlines flight attendant Allison Herriot typically focuses on passengers' anxieties, but on a busy Friday she grabbed a golden opportunity to relieve her own str...
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Union says tollway workers risk lives for too-little payDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - Illinois tollway laborers who work in the front lines of traffic picketed outside headquarters and demanded "equal pay" at a meeting Thursday. Teamsters Local 700's four...
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Glenview man charged in death of Tri-State construction worker from BartlettDec 01, 2018 12:00 am - A Glenview was denied bail Friday on multiple charges, including reckless homicide, in connection with the death of a Bartlett man working for the Illinois Tollway in Se...
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Tollway reform rollout takes back seat to political firing brouhahaNov 29, 2018 12:00 am - Controversy erupted at the Illinois tollway Thursday as Executive Director Liz Gorman pushed back against allegations of politically motivated "firings" and said one adm...
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Tollway spent thousands for staff to attend banquets, luncheons where execs speakNov 24, 2018 12:00 am - Thousands spent on banquets, luncheons, except in one case where ED paid
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Tollway suggests changes to fix cronyism concernsNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - Illinois tollway directors will vote this month on 19 recommendations intended to tighten controls over hiring and purchasing policies at the agency following concerns a...
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Roselle Road tollway ramp opens in SchaumburgNov 02, 2018 1:00 am - A new westbound entrance ramp onto the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) at Roselle Road opened Thursday, the final step in a $52 million project to provide a full int...
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Tollway leaders spar over spending as expansion is plannedOct 25, 2018 1:00 am - Amid objections about overspending, Illinois tollway directors increased their consulting engineer's contract by nearly $6 million Thursday to design a new customer serv...
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Daily Herald's tollway reporting unfairOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - After lengthy discussions, the Daily Herald continues to ignore the facts that my firm and the talented employees who work for me are held to the same standards and abid...
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Cadre of GOP insiders getting big salaries at Illinois tollwaySep 22, 2018 1:00 am - In less than two years, the Illinois tollway has hired six Republican insiders for high-level jobs that collectively pay nearly $916,000 a year, including a former elect...