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It’s just after final bell at Wells Community High School on Chicago’s West Side, and office manager Georgina Williams is spending this bit of her afternoon the usual way – handing out CTA cards.Students swarm Williams for what they call brown cards or bus passes.

The City of Chicago is introducing broad changes to its taxi industry regulations.For one, the city is proposing new safety measures. Right now, drivers can work as many hours as they want, even if they're exhausted and shouldn't be driving.

With an uncertain economy, fluctuating gas prices, and the rising expenses of maintaining a productive workforce, there is no better time for employers to play a role in improving employee satisfaction, reducing the cost of congestion, and creating more livable communities… all the while, boosting t

Midwest fliers have plenty of experience with airline bankruptcies — think United, Northwest and Delta.

A medical transport plane has crashed in suburban Chicago, killing a patient being brought to Illinois, the patient's wife and a third person aboard the plane.Authorities have identified two of the victims as 80-year-old John Bialek and 75-year-old Ilomae Bialek.

CHICAGO — Officials say O'Hare International Airport has started to offer nonstop charter service between Chicago and Havana, Cuba.The Chicago Department of Aviation says C&T Charters will fly once from O'Hare to Havana every Friday.

I don't know about you, but I have a morbid fascination with the Wednesday afternoon pre-Thanksgiving travel dynamic in Chicago. The gridlock on the expressways is nothing short of amazing. And the Metra trains?