Articles filed under Tollways
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Your questions answered: Potholes at the 'DMV,' and moreMay 28, 2018 7:30 am - It's hard enough remembering the rule to parallel park within 12 inches of the curb for your driver's test or having to fork over $101 for a license renewal. But when ga...
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Tollway releases secret committee minutes. Politically-connected executives attended meetings.May 24, 2018 1:00 am - The Illinois tollway reversed itself Thursday by releasing names of members on an influential committee that recommends engineering firms, a disclosure that revealed off...
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Senator seeks more 'sunshine' on tollway contractsMay 24, 2018 1:00 am - A Des Plaines lawmaker has proposed legislation seeking "greater transparency" in how the Illinois tollway awards contracts. Democratic state Sen. Laura Murphy has filed...
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Gas prices won't deter drivers Memorial Day weekendMay 22, 2018 1:00 am - The slow creep of gas prices won't deter vacationers eager to escape this Memorial Day weekend, AAA predicts. About 41.5 million Americans will venture somewhere this ho...
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Different rules for two committees selecting professional contractsMay 21, 2018 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway blacked out names of members of a professional consultant selection committee in 10 sets of minutes provided following a Freedom of Information Act ...
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Who's on contractor selection committee? Tollway won't sayMay 21, 2018 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway contends its no-bid process that uses a selection committee to makes recommendations to the board on expensive engineering contracts is independent ...
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8 years?!? Behemoth Tri-State widening project about to beginMay 07, 2018 5:30 am - Up to 213,500 cars and trucks a day to work around. Irate residents. Thirty-two bridges teeming with traffic. Multiple railroads and the second-busiest airport in the na...
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Two-vehicle I-90 tollway crash sends one person to hospitalMay 06, 2018 1:00 am - Some lanes on the westbound Jane Addams Tollway near Busse Road were closed temporarily Sunday morning after a two-vehicle crash sent one person to a hospital. Illinois ...
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Tollway director denounces 'bullies,' departs meetingApr 26, 2018 1:00 am - A routine Illinois tollway board meeting became charged with tension Thursday after one board director denounced "bullies" and "cowards," then left after recusing himsel...
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How state lawmakers are trying to stop political patronage at tollwayApr 24, 2018 1:00 am - Democratic and Republican legislators want changes in state law to curb the potential for political patronage at the Illinois tollway. The move comes after articles by t...