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* Prosecutors happy to give feds first crack at Rezko

* Fioretti flips on museum vote

* Metra riders, get ready to stand

* Springfield rail upgrades affect Amtrak routes

* CTA Pays The Fare for Legislative Indecision

* CTA’s outdated rail system puts burden on operators

* Bike riders in bus lanes?

* 15 months for Buildings Dept. crook

* Olympic lure in harbor deal

* Boxing out rivals at O’Hare

* Chicago architect Walter A. Netsch dies at 88; designed UIC campus and Air Force Academy chapel

“He was one of those creative figures of the 1960s who broke the mold and paved the way for a younger generation to follow,” said John Zukowsky, former chief architecture curator at the Art Institute of Chicago and now chief curator of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.

* Judge postpones union trial of vice president

* Cook County foreclosures are worse than U.S. avg.

RealtyTrac Inc., a marketplace for foreclosed properties, said Cook County foreclosures rose 57 percent in May compared with the same month a year ago.

* Politicians oppose Belgian bid for Anheuser-Busch

* Department of Energy formally ends FutureGen participation

* Durbin says power plant isn’t dead

“We’re not canceling the project here. We believe this project has a great future,” Durbin said. “We’re hopeful a new administration, which will be in place in just a few months, will keep this ball rolling forward on this project.”

* Illinois has coal, so why not burn it?

* Made in Illinois: fly flags proudly

* Sheriff Says Rev. Jackson’s Gun Protests Costly, Misdirected

* gun control

* Mayor: New Lenox will weather ‘tough times’

* Mayor ready to respond to pay-to-play proposal

* Mayors join the world of blogs

* MLB pushes for instant replay in use by August

* TIFs for tots: The first children’s book to look at tax increment financing

* Bernard Schoenburg: Web site critiques governor’s ethics, keeps track of his dealings

* Pay-to-play ban not a done deal

* Pay-to-play: Ban is a big deal, but not a done deal

* Scrambling for seats at the seat of power

* Family feud Tipsville . . .

The get back: Sneed hears Ald. Mell is co-hosting a fund-raiser for his fishing buddy and good pal state Rep. Jack Franks on June 23 at Sullivan’s Steakhouse, where Franks is expected to announce plans to run for governor!

* A state panel asks CMS: Why-are-IDOT-workers-leaving leaving?

* Our Opinion: Plain talk on IDOT move

“You ought to admit it. It was a political decision, a retribution against the local senator and representatives,” Bedore told David Vaught, deputy director of property management for the Department of Central Management Services, at a meeting last week.

* Credit from Tollway stuck in the slow lane

* Water, Water Everywhere, Too Much for the Corn to Drink

* Flooded Lake County declared ‘disaster area’

* 400 Guard troops head to flood zone as more storms loom

* Illinois communities brace for more rain, rising rivers

* Lake County has ‘disaster fatigue’

* 25,000 still without power in northern Illinois

* Governor lauds community’s volunteerism during visit; record-tying crest predicted

* EDITORIAL: We hope for better luck after rough spring

* Grayville, Ill., man hoping flood gives back what it stole in 1985

* Floodwaters continue to creep higher across Illinois

* Midwest flooding disrupts Amtrak service

* Durbin says he’s trying to get aid for river towns

* Halvorson, Jackson spar over airport

* Debbie does Jackson Jr and may get done in

* CED official:Ozinga ‘flat out wrong’

“I’m going to call Mr. Ozinga myself,” Roolf said, “I think it’s unfair that they’re saying what they have. The legislation was developed by the Business Labor Coalition, and we approached Sen. Halvorson to sponsor it.

* Mark Kirk & Lake County GOP Make Strong Showing In Libertyville

* Lawmaker asks for examination of Canadian railway’s safety record in U.S.

posted by Kevin Fanning
Monday, Jun 16, 08 @ 1:35 am

Comments

Bike Riders in Bus Lanes?

1. What could go wrong?
2. This should end well

Comment by Wumpus Monday, Jun 16, 08 @ 9:19 am
Jack Franks for governor? What’s he really after?

Comment by wordslinger Monday, Jun 16, 08 @ 9:53 am
In response to Fioretti, in language he can understand: “Baaha. Baaaahaaa. Bah. Baha baha baaaaha!”

Which translates to: “Please enjoy your one term, Mr. Fioretti. The people of the second ward told you once that don’t want another one of Daley’s sheep for an alderman.”

Comment by Skeeter Monday, Jun 16, 08 @ 11:29 am
Last Saturday there was a “gun-control circus” in Barrington, IL. I knew it was a circus because they “sent in the clowns.”

Comment by Pro-Gunner Monday, Jun 16, 08 @ 3:40 pm