No consensus yet on CTA, Metra, Pace sharesThe Regional Transportation Authority failed Friday to resolve a contentious funding dispute among the CTA, Metra and Pace when a proposed deal went awry at the last minute, officials said.

Emanuel, ally highlight need for overhaulOne of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's top aides privately briefed aldermen on the city's pension woes Wednesday as the mayor's closest City Council ally prepared for hearings that will put city retirement fund officials in the hot seat.

New figures boost need to approve overhaul, Quinn aide saysThe state will have to come up with another $670 million for the teacher pension system in the next budget after a retirement fund panel crunched the numbers and adjusted its assumptions.

Virginia Catherine Patterson, a former missionary to Nigeria, was the longtime president and chief executive officer of Pioneer Clubs, a 73-year-old Wheaton-based international Christian club ministry for children.

Group would serve to fund raise for city's departmentThe Elgin Parks and Recreation Foundation will soon become reality.

Preservationist argues university should reuse 'world-class' design it already hasIf the city allows demolition of the old Prentice Women's Hospital, Northwestern University will launch an international design competition in 2013 to build a biomedical research facility worthy of replacing architect Bertrand Goldberg's masterpiece, university officials said Monday.

Former UPI reporter was Oak Park activistJudith Ann Southwick, a longtime Oak Park resident and former United Press International reporter, co-founded the Friends of Grass, a community organization responsible for stopping the construction of public tennis courts on land that is now a playground on the village's east side.

Alleged 'lapses of ethical behavior' include using employee to clean private home; university police investigating slush fund used for partiesNorthern Illinois University paid two senior administrators nearly $80,000 when they resigned while under investigation for misconduct — one for allegedly having a university employee clean his home during work hours, the Tribune has learned.

Orland Park will save interest on bonds previously issued to help fund construction An Internet auction that attracted eight municipal lenders has enabled Orland Park to save $832,000 in interest on bonds previously issued to help fund construction of the village's police station.

Intercepting scofflaw's tax refunds brought in $11 million, city saysIntercepting the state income tax refunds of people and businesses that owed the city money has brought in an extra $1.5 million that Mayor Rahm Emanuel is using to create nearly 500 after-school jobs for city teenagers, officials announced Friday.

Women sue over conditions at now-closed Marriott in LisleTwo women filed a lawsuit Monday in Cook County Circuit Court againstMarriott International Inc.and a now-closed hotel in Lisle after claiming they and their respective children received numerous bedbug bites while staying at the hotel last August.

Amount would be part of estimated $1 million costThe Illinois Tollway on Wednesday took a small step toward possibly making the long-sought Illinois Highway 53 extension a reality by committing more resources toward studying the project.

TSA says 2 million travelers have used expedited lanes; frequent fliers claim frustrationsAmerican Airlines, which in March became the first air carrier in Chicago to participate in the government's security experiment to screen passengers before they arrive at the airport, said it has corrected a computer glitch that prevented some eligible trusted travelers from using the speedier screening lane...

Chief Minister Badal, in U.S. to attend wedding, says many in India in shock over temple slayingsMany Indians planned to greet Punjab's chief minister with music and banners as he arrived Tuesday atO'Hare International Airport— but that quickly changed following this week's fatal shootings inside a Milwaukee-area Sikh temple. Instead, a somber crowd welcomed the leader with comforting hugs a...

A man was kicked off a Spirit Airlines flight atO'Hare International Airport over the weekend after he became "verbally abusive" to flight attendants who asked him to pull up his sagging pants, an airline spokeswoman said.

TSA's PreCheck falling short in mission to expedite process, some travelers sayTwo more airlines on Tuesday joined a "trusted traveler'' program atO'Hare International Airportthat, while intended to speed up the security screening process, sometimes earns a failing grade in customer service.

'If he is acquitted, it will be a zoo'The buzz of single-engine planes over nearby Clow International Airport and the sounds of children at play were the only noise marring the quiet of Drew Peterson's Bolingbrook neighborhood on a recent, muggy afternoon. But residents know the relative peace probably won't last.

Chicago-area man is charged in international movie piracy operationWith his wife and young child with him, Gerardo Arellano appeared to be just another suburban dad attending a weekend showing of"Hannah Montana: The Movie"three years ago.

Moody's cites slowed passenger growth, American Airlines bankruptcyO'Hare International Airport revenue bonds were downgraded Friday, a reflection of several factors that include the slow growth in passengers and the bankruptcy of the airport's No. 2 carrier, American Airlines.

Questions surround Chicagoan's quest for 499 investors through visa initiative— Anshoo Sethi flew in from Chicago in search of Chinese money, leaving behind the worn hotel his family owns near O'Hare International Airport to sell a much grander vision of life in America.

City has $99 million bid from firm that labor leaders say would hire new workforce at lower wagesThe latest tension in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's testy relationship with major Chicago labor unions is centered on O'Hare International Airport, where the city is poised to award a new janitorial contract that could cost hundreds of workers their jobs.

Firm had appointed an acting president and CEO last weekRob Pullen focused on wireless carrier customers and international expansion during his four years as chief executive officer of Naperville-basedTellabs Inc.

Industrial real estate executiveJeffrey F. Kahan was gifted at building relationships, which was among the keys to his success as a Chicago-area industrial commercial real estate broker for Colliers International.

Detours end for 22,000 vehicles a dayTri-level bridge ramps carrying traffic from three expressways east of O'Hare International Airport reopened Wednesday, the Illinois Tollway said.

Eligible frequent fliers would have to provide certain background information on themselvesSome passengers on United Airlines will soon have the option to undergo expedited security screening at O'Hare International Airport in exchange for volunteering certain background information about themselves, the Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday.

A new venture fund devoted to education reform efforts in Chicago's public schools is being launched by a group of of civic leaders under the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

President, family expected to attend wedding this weekendPresident Barack Obama and his family landed atO'Hare International Airport on Friday and were quickly whisked off to their South Side home aboard the Marine One helicopter.

Tenants include political fund he chairs, firm that does accounting work for village he runsThe century-old gray office building may not look like much — its owner says it can be hard to rent — but it has become a central meeting place for private interests and public money.

Officers will have option of comp time for extra workChicago police will be able to take time off for overtime they worked during the NATO summit, putting to rest one of several grievances the Fraternal Order of Police filed against the city after last month's gathering of international leaders at McCormick Place.

Landing-gear problem investigated in both incidentsJust a day after American Eagle mechanics gave a clean bill of health to a plane that had made an emergency return to O'Hare International Airport because of a landing gear problem, the same aircraft was forced to turn around in flight and land at O'Hare again on Thursday because of a similar issue, but this time it veered off the runway, airline ...