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How about a Madigan casino plan?
Suppose you were writing legislation that would increase from 10 to 23 the number of casinos in your state. You need to win over a governor who has vetoed two similar bills because you keep writing special oversight rules for one or more casinos in a...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Interior Policy, Politics, Regional Authority, Crime, Law and Justice
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Austrian Airlines resumes O'Hare service Friday
Tribune reporterAustrian Airlines begins nonstop service between Chicago O'Hare and Vienna on Friday after a five-year absence, the Chicago Department of Aviation said. Five flights a week will be available from Chicago. Austrian expects that 70 percent of its...Tags: United Air Lines
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Aldermen endorse tweak to horse carriage regulation
Horse carriages that wheel through Chicago's ritzy neighborhoods would have to display minimum and maximum temperatures of operation under a measure a City Council committee endorsed Thursday. Although two carriage operators backed the proposal, there...
Tags: Weather Reports, Chicago Weather, Weather, Brendan Reilly, Magnificent Mile
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School in Prague to be named after Mayor Cermak
Eighty years ago, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was assassinated, an anniversary that some, like Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, say does not receive enough attention. But on Thursday, a school in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, will remember Cermak by...
Tags: Chicago Elections, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Assassinations, Politics, Chicago City Council
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Review: '10 Buildings That Changed America' is a rewarding tour
The new PBS program "10 Buildings That Changed America" is nothing if not efficient. In a single breezy hour, it moves from Thomas Jefferson to Frank Gehry, racing in a chronological blur past Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi and a handful of other...
Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Robert Venturi, Ford Motor Co., Highland Park (Brooklyn, New York), Architecture
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New gambling plan passes Senate with Emanuel help
— A renewed push for major gambling expansion in Illinois swiftly passed the Senate on Wednesday as Mayor Rahm Emanuel threw his weight behind the effort with a promise that Chicago would spend the money on rebuilding schools. But as with two...
Tags: Emil Jones, III, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dale A Righter, Politics, Regional Authority
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Feds to debut computer kiosk for U.S. citizens entering country at O'Hare
Tribune reporterStarting by July 1, travelers with U.S. passports entering the country at O'Hare International Airport will be able to clear customs faster by using an automated kiosk instead of filling out a paper declaration card, the Chicago Department of Aviation...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Politics, Personal Data Collection, Transportation Industry
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5 sickened at O'Hare by diesel fumes
Five people were taken to a hospital this morning after they were overcome by diesel fumes at O'Hare International Airport, officials said. All five were transported in good condition to Resurrection Medical Center, according to Fire Department spokesman...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority
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Rosemont, other Chicago suburbs ready to play ball with Cubs if team moves
Among those in the audience Wednesday morning when Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts raised the possibility of moving the team from Wrigley Field was one surprised White Sox fan: Rosemont Mayor Bradley Stephens. "I never expected Tom to come out with that,"...
Tags: George Halas, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, Wood Dale, City Club of Chicago
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Chinese investors to fund Pa. turnpike I-95 connection
(MCT) — To help pay for the construction of the long-awaited connection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and I-95, turnpike officials plan to borrow $200 million from wealthy foreign investors. The investors, expected to be primarily from China,...Tags: Business, Politics, Immigration, China, Pennsylvania Turnpike
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United to start daily O'Hare to San Juan service in Nov.
Tribune reporterChicago-based United Airlines said Friday it will begin daily flights from Chicago O’Hare airport to the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, starting Nov. 5. The flight will depart Chicago at 8:20 a.m., arriving in San...Tags: United Air Lines, Boeing Co.
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Palos Hills native killed in Texas explosion laid to rest
Under a cloudless sky Wednesday, firefighters, family and friends gathered to remember a Palos Hills native and volunteer firefighter who was among at least 15 people killed in the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion last month. Kevin Sanders, 33,...
Tags: Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Explosions, Human Interest, Emergency Incidents
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