Articles filed under Transportation
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Mt. Prospect paying much more for road saltOct 12, 2014 7:30 am - Mount Prospect will have to pay more than 40 percent more for road salt this year, which could prove costly if this winter is like the last with its near record snowfall...
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Villa Park seeks road money to 'start investing in our town'Oct 12, 2014 7:00 am - Villa Park voters on Nov. 4 will face a referendum question that relates to their cars, their homes, their wallets and their town's infrastructure, safety and visual app...
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Editorial: Metra still has much selling to do on fare-hike planOct 12, 2014 1:01 am - There are some positive things to say about the plan Metra announced last week to increase fares in support of a systematic and thorough program to upgrade and maintain ...
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Suspect in subway shooting held on $2 million bailOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - A Cook County judge ordered a man accused of shooting at a Chicago subway train held on $2 million bail. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 25-year-old Lorenzo Jones of ...
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Does the gov't have the power to order airport Ebola screenings?Oct 10, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's plans to screen certain airline passengers for exposure to Ebola are based on the Constitution and long-established legal authori...
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Lawmakers aren't embracing Metra fare increasesOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - State lawmakers Friday were not ready to climb on board Metra's call for a decade of fare hikes. Metra's board of directors Thursday announced a sweeping plan to raise t...
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Metra asks for 68 percent fare hike over 10 yearsOct 09, 2014 10:00 am - Although a final vote isn't until November, a majority of Metra leaders Thursday committed to a proposal to raise fares an average of 10.8 percent in 2015 followed by in...
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Airport screening for Ebola: 5 things to knowOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration announced Wednesday that airline passengers arriving from the three West African countries experiencing an unprecedented Ebola outb...
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Illiana gets go-ahead from planning boardOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - The political chewtoy that is the Illiana Expressway might have received the definitive go-ahead Thursday after a close vote in favor of the project by the Metropolitan ...
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Chicago man charged in subway train shootingOct 09, 2014 1:00 am - Authorities have charged a man who they say used an assault rifle to fire at a Chicago subway train as it pulled into a business district station. The Chicago Sun-Times ...