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Karen Freeman-Wilson, mayor of Gary, Ind., talks about the
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Commercial flights began again earlier this week with Allegiant Air taking off from Gary’s lakefront airport to the sunny skies of Orlando, Florida, but Gary's mayor wants more for her fledgling airport. more
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February, 21, 2012
Some Illinois congressional members are lobbying for changes to a House Republican-backed transportation bill.Republican Reps. Bob Dold and Judy Biggert joined Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski on Tuesday to support some proposed amendments to the hotly debated bill that's on hold in the House....
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February, 21, 2012
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is channeling more than $7.3 million in tax increment financing toward a “bus rapid transit” line downtown, according to his transportation and economic-development spokesmen.The money will combine with an announced $24.6 million from the...
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February, 20, 2012
The Chicago Transit Authority is looking to make some money off of unused spare parts. The agency is warehousing about $70 million dollars-worth of bus and train parts. About a third of those parts are now obsolete and 47 percent hasn't been touched in two years.CTA President Forrest Claypool is...
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February, 17, 2012
It’s been a big week for the Gary Chicago International Airport. Commercial flights began again earlier this week with Allegiant Air taking off from Gary’s lakefront airport to the sunny skies of Orlando, Florida. It marked the first time in nearly four years a commercial flight took off from the...
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February, 17, 2012
TransUnion Corp. said Friday that a group led by buyout firm Advent International and a Goldman Sachs investment banking fund has agreed to buy the credit reporting and data company in a deal worth over $3 billion.Chicago-based TransUnion's current stakeholders include private equity firm Madison...
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February, 16, 2012
The first commercial flight in nearly four years took off Wednesday from the Gary-Chicago International Airport.Allegiant Air took to the skies with a plane full of Florida-bound passengers. Vickie Lacky of Munster, Indiana was one of the 150 or so passengers.“I flew out of the Gary airport one...
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