Articles filed under Transportation
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Pritzker: Expanding gambling for road funds worth a look, but mileage tax too experimentalSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Expanding gambling in Illinois could help pay for roads and bridges, J.B. Pritzker told the Daily Herald editorial board, while distancing himself from a politically vol...
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Illinois 200: Illinois' long (and sometimes rocky) romance with trains enduresSep 24, 2018 5:30 am - Trains brought Abraham Lincoln's body home to Illinois, transported southern blacks escaping Jim Crow laws to Chicago and now carry a labor force of thousands between th...
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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...
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'Something I have to do': 3,000 join O'Hare Plane Pull to benefit Special OlympicsSep 22, 2018 1:00 am - For 33-year-old Special Olympian Stephen Katz of Arlington Heights, the sheer exhilaration of pulling a 90-ton plane never gets old. Katz, a powerlifter, and his father,...
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Cadre of GOP insiders getting big salaries at Illinois tollwaySep 22, 2018 1:00 am -
Critics cite $916,000 in total salary 6 get
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Final payment closes book on Rollins Gateway project, 3 years after it openedSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - Three years ago, a major traffic snag in north central Lake County was untangled with the opening of the Rollins Gateway project in Round Lake Beach. But it wasn't until...
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Main/Deerpath traffic light closer in BataviaSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - Some Batavians' dreams of having a traffic signal at Main Street and Deerpath Road could become reality next year. The Batavia City Council signed off earlier this week ...
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New Cumberland Avenue flyover ramp set to open ThursdaySep 20, 2018 1:00 am - A little less stress for Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) and Kennedy Expressway drivers is expected Thursday when a new flyover ramp onto Cumberland Avenue opens. Gridlock co...
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Gilberts: Village laws trump billboard company's desire for 'bigger'Sep 20, 2018 1:00 am - Gilberts village officials want a judge to throw out a lawsuit over billboards placed along Interstate 90, arguing the village board's updated ordinance is sufficient re...
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Committee sends Longmeadow toll bridge funding to full Kane County BoardSep 18, 2018 1:00 am - Commuters on the north end of Kane County will have a new Fox River crossing option in the form of a 95-cent toll bridge if the full county board follows the lead set Tu...