Articles filed under Transportation
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In 2015, Illinois to confront daunting issues, divisionsDec 30, 2014 12:01 am - Keeping schools and social services funded. Making higher education more affordable. Addressing crowded prisons. Possibly redoing pension reform. As it enters 2015, Ill...
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Illinois driving allowed without sticker under lawDec 30, 2014 12:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Motorists may drive without an up-to-date vehicle registration sticker under a law that takes effect Thursday. Secretary of State Jesse White proposed...
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Schaumburg awarded for saving Pace bus routeDec 28, 2014 12:01 am - The village of Schaumburg has been given the American City & County Crown Communities Award for its role in preserving Pace Bus Route 554, which it considered a vital tr...
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Small planes collide in MarylandDec 27, 2014 12:01 am - WESTMINSTER, Md. - Authorities say two small planes collided as they were trying to land in Maryland. The Carroll County Times reportsthat at about 4 p.m. Saturday the w...
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Gas under $2 a gallon at some suburban pumpsDec 27, 2014 12:01 am - Drivers, fill 'er up. Gas prices have dropped across the country to the lowest level in five years. And at some suburban gas stations, prices have fallen below $2 a gall...
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Christie, Cuomo veto Port Authority oversight legislationDec 27, 2014 12:01 am - ALBANY, N.Y. - The governors of New York and New Jersey jointly vetoed legislation Saturday aimed at overhauling the Port Authority and proposed instead a series of refo...
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Late spring/early summer finish projected for major Rollins Gateway road projectDec 26, 2014 12:01 am - There still is a way to go, but the long-anticipated Rollins Gateway road improvement in Round Lake Beach has rounded the corner as work buttons up for the winter. New p...
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Suburban volunteers reunite dogs with returning soldiersDec 24, 2014 6:30 am - Garrett Rogers liked the runt. Anastasia, as the Navy petty officer second class would call her, was a “tiny, little ball of fur,” an Afghan shepherd puppy and a comfort...
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Chicago man sentenced for assaulting CTA employeeDec 24, 2014 12:01 am - A Chicago man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for sexually assaulting a Chicago Transit Authority employee at gunpoint as she walked home from work. Twenty-one-...
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Suburbs have dodged a bullet so far with hazmat derailments — so farDec 23, 2014 4:00 am - On any given day, Naperville resident Kathy Benson is likely to drive under a railway bridge where she witnesses firsthand the exponential growth of freight trains carry...