UNITED STEERS BUMPY COURSE
When United Airlines CEO James Goodwin needed to get to Hawaii recently, he reserved a seat on one of his company's jets bound for Honolulu from O'Hare International Airport. But...
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UNITED’S ON-TIME RECORD STILL LAST
Despite unprecedented efforts to restore its crippled operations after reaching a contract with its pilots, United Airlines' flights arrived late about 30 percent of the time in September, the Department...
INVESTIGATION OF DRIVER’S OFFICE ABUSE BEING VOWED
Secretary of State Inspector General James Burns will review allegations that a hearing officer was improperly pressured to change a ruling so a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident...
State cops stymied in Ryan probe
A state police investigation into allegations that George Ryan's secretary of state workers got time off in exchange for "volunteer" campaign work failed to address crucial questions about who was...
License scandal moves downstate
The licenses-for-bribes scandal expanded Downstate on Thursday with the federal indictments of one current and one former Illinois secretary of state employee on charges they took payoffs in exchange for...
1st trial to get under way in bribe scandal
While courtroom arguments in the case of Alex McLeczynsky will focus on alleged payoffs in the Illinois bribes-for-driver's licenses scandal, his complaint-studded record as a truck driving instructor helps document...
Crooked driving teacher gets pass
Five years before a Chicago driving-school instructor pleaded guilty in the licenses for bribes scandal, secretary of state officials under George Ryan knew the instructor was keeping phony records and...
Ryan’s staff felt pressure
Every year, around Labor Day, Karen Deering, an employee in the executive offices of then-Secretary of State George Ryan, had a curious encounter with Lynda Long, Ryan's longtime secretary. Long...
RYAN: CORRUPTION PART OF LICENSE OFFICE CULTURE
Under fire for not fully addressing the scandal in the secretary of state's office under his leadership, Gov. George Ryan on Tuesday defended his efforts to root out employee corruption...
OVERHAUL OF CHA HINGES ON INVESTORS
Under new powers won from the federal government, the Chicago Housing Authority is preparing to issue $600 million in bonds to finance its sweeping remake of public housing in Chicago,...