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December 15, 2009 @ 2:30 AM

Thomson plan creates dilemma for state Republican candidates

Today is Thomson's day.

President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the Thomson Correctional Center in a rural village of Iliinois, according to officials, and the administration is expected to announce today that it will be moving dozens of Guantanamo detainees to the site. Read more...


December 14, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

The CTA's construction catch-22


A CTA crew works on a Red Line construction project. Many of the line's tracks and bridges are due to be replaced. Credit: Geoff Dougherty
The Chicago Transit Authority’s pitch for its newest big project sounds like a slam dunk.

The proposal is still taking shape, but its goal is to reconstruct the Red and Purple lines’ bridges, tracks and stations. Read more...


December 02, 2009 @ 1:09 AM

CTA previews next big rehab project: Red and Purple Lines

The Chicago Transit Authority is taking aim at its next major rehabilitation project, and it’s a big one: the North Side’s Red and Purple “L” lines.

But while plans to reconstruct the lines’ bridges, tracks, stations are taking shape, the money isn't — yet. Read more...


November 16, 2009 @ 8:45 AM

Candidates Battle over Illinois Gitmo Plan

You would think the locals know best.

Yet the news last week about possibly housing terrorism suspects in Thomson, Ill., has only given state candidates another issue to debate. Read more...


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