Articles filed under Metra
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Feds increase Metra safety oversight during crisisAug 13, 2013 10:21 am - The Federal Railroad Administration will keep a close eye on Metra as the agency deals with fallout from a scandal involving allegations by ex-CEO Alex Clifford. FRA Adm...
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Consultant spending worries remaining Metra leadersAug 12, 2013 5:30 am - YouTube And what troubles some remaining members of Metra#146;s greatly diminished board is they had no idea money was flying out the door. On April 3, Clifford sent a l...
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Kane County RTA director steps downAug 06, 2013 10:25 pm - Kane County’s representative on the Regional Transportation Authority is stepping down amid concerns he can’t legally serve both on the transit agency and a state commis...
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Executive: Ex-Metra CEO could have had dream job in LAAug 06, 2013 5:00 pm - Alex Clifford could be working at his “dream job” in Los Angeles, according to the executive who wanted him in that post, but he preferred to remain as Metra's CEO, a fa...
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Durbin asks for federal oversight of Metra safetyAug 06, 2013 3:57 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is asking federal transportation officials to provide special oversight of Metra as it deals with “serious management and financial challenges.” In...
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Rush says he did not pressure ex-Metra CEOAug 06, 2013 3:56 pm - U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush said Tuesday that he didn’t engage in improper dealings with officials at the Metra commuter rail agency over a massive construction project on Chic...
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Des Plaines approves more funding for train station remodelAug 05, 2013 6:00 pm - The Des Plaines City Council Monday night approved allocating more funding to remodel the downtown Metra train station. The city budgeted $500,000 for the project this y...
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Quinn interested in forming Metra task forceAug 05, 2013 3:56 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn said Monday that he’s interested in forming a panel of experts to look at overhauling the Chicago area’s scandal-plagued commuter railroad, Metra, and the...
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Can Metra board function under duress?Aug 05, 2013 5:15 am - With just seven Metra directors left out of 11, shouldn't the endangered remainder just resign en masse? After all, they lack the required eight votes to hire a new CEO ...
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Ex-Arlington Heights mayor in running for Metra chair?Aug 03, 2013 8:00 am - Wanted: a Metra chairman to deal with an enraged public, scant funding, bad publicity, a demoralized staff and skeletons waiting to jump out of the closet. Oh — and lawm...