Thursday, September 15, 2011
Congressman Dan Lipinski and 22 elected officials send letter to Metra opposing cuts in weekday and weekend trains to southwest suburbs.
Commuters who get off work at 5 p.m. may have to wait up to two hours to catch a Metra train home out of downtown Chicago if a plan to cut weekday and weekend service to the southwest suburbs goes through. Some weekday trains on the Southwest Service Line are on the chopping block and weekend service may be eliminated altogether if a proposed plan by Metra to plug a $100 million budget hole goes through. Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) and 22 elected officials along the Southwest Service line sent a pointed letter to Metra expressing their opposition to reduce service, saying that such service cuts would “disenfranchise” commuters in the southwest suburbs. READ the letter from elected officials. Elected officials, including suburban mayors…
Monday, July 18, 2011
Saint Xavier University economics professor gives the plan a favorable review. It addresses the nation's infrastructure, manufacturing, education and innovation needs, while casting a critical eye on certain trade partners.
In the wake of disappointing national unemployment reports, U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (IL-D) has unveiled a proposal that is intended to create jobs primarily in America’s manufacturing, construction and transportation sectors. “This has been a problem not just since the recession officially began a couple years ago, but I've seen this as an issue for the middle class for the past decade,” Lipinski said by phone from Washington, D.C. “I think there's a general concern among a lot of people, and I especially hear this in my district: 'Where are the jobs going to come from in the future?'” To help revitalize middle class jobs, the proposal addresses the nation’s infrastructure, manufacturing, education and technological needs, while casting a …
Friday, June 24, 2011
Gov. Pat Quinn voted into law a new congressional map that puts Orland Park and Orland Hills under the 3rd district instead of the 13th.
Orland Park and Orland Hills are part of a different congressional district now that Gov. Pat Quinn has gotten his way. Quinn signed into law Friday morning a redrawn map of state Congressional district boundaries that is believed to favor Democratic congressmen. Under the new boundaries, parts of Orland Park and Orland Hills will be in the 3rd Illinois U.S. Congressional District, under Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski. Previously, Orland was part of the 13th Congressional District under Republican Rep. Judy Biggert. The other half of Orland Park will be in Democrat Bobby Rush's 1st District. In a joint statement, Republican U.S. legislators from Illinois districts pledged to challenge the new map in court, and lambasted Quinn for signing a “…
Jesse Marx
9:01 pm on Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Scouter, Here's the update: http://patch.com/A-mgqf Metra has temporarily decided not to cut any service. Alex Clifford, Metra's CEO, and his staff say the proposal wasn't discriminatory, but based on low ridership. Here's an expert from the story above: Clifford said SWS was part of a two-year demonstration program from the RTA—in response to highway and CTA repairs—and due to low ridership, the… more ›