Marni Pyke
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Ascension confirms hack, disruption impacts health records, put some hospitals on diversionMay 09, 2024 7:25 pm - Ascension health care confirmed a cyberattack Thursday and said it was “working around the clock,” to restore offline systems, including patient records. The hack was dis...
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‘Time for action is now’: Wheaton residents call for pedestrian traffic light on Roosevelt RoadMay 10, 2024 8:22 am - Wheaton residents and educators implored state lawmakers to help save lives and fund a stoplight on a perilous stretch of Roosevelt Road at a Wednesday hearing in Springf...
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‘Beautiful’ is lovely: Feel the earth move with vibrant take on Carole King’s life at ParamountMay 08, 2024 3:29 pm - It might be an oxymoron to call a toe-tapping and funny musical gripping, but “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” playing at Aurora’s Paramount Theatre is just that.
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Metra ‘wants to be part of the conversation’ on merging with CTA and Pace, but stays neutralMay 07, 2024 6:23 pm - Metra leaders issued a carefully worded statement Tuesday about the commuter railroad’s potential merger with Pace, the CTA and the Regional Transportation Authority. “We...
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Dino-might: Field Museum’s Archaeopteryx may be the ‘most important fossil ever’May 06, 2024 6:12 pm - The Field Museum’s iconic T. rex, Sue, may be a little jealous. There’s a new exhibit in town, Archaeopteryx, and it’s “perhaps the most important fossil ever discovered,...
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A good deal for the suburbs? Transit merger proposal raises questions about finances, fairnessMay 06, 2024 6:55 am - Ripple effects continue from a proposal to abolish the boards of Metra, Pace, the Chicago Transit Authority and the Regional Transportation Authority and merge the four a...
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‘Thrilled’ and ‘challenging:’ Airlines, Chicago good on O’Hare redo — for nowMay 03, 2024 6:34 pm - Friendly skies are projected over O’Hare International Airport after the city and two major airlines resolved friction over a massive expansion. United and American Airli...
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Bill nixing senior driving test hits House roadblock, Senate version still goingMay 01, 2024 6:42 pm - Despite clearing a key committee and gaining dozens of sponsors, legislation to halt mandatory road tests for Illinois seniors is stalled in the Illinois House, supporter...
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Merge CTA, Metra and Pace? Lawmakers debut fix amid pushback from suburbs, transit agenciesApr 29, 2024 6:09 pm - State lawmakers unveiled an ambitious plan Monday to fold Metra, Pace and the CTA into one supersized agency that would replace the Regional Transportation Authority. Pro...
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Metra aims to give UIC students a break on fares; pilot program may expand to colleges across regionMay 02, 2024 10:27 am - Metra is poised to launch a pilot program offering reduced fares to University of Illinois Chicago students, an idea that could expand across the region. The Chicago Tran...