Ryan pork unites candidates
It's hard to get seven political candidates to agree on anything, but the Republicans and Democrats running for governor in the March primary are of one mind when it comes...
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Expansion of O’Hare already hits hurdles
After successfully negotiating the expansion of O'Hare International Airport, Mayor Richard Daley and Gov. George Ryan immediately faced new obstacles Thursday, including whether the agreement could be quickly locked into...
Bush signs airport security bill
President Bush on Monday signed into law legislation that requires federal employees to take charge of airport security within a year, hoping to reassure an anxious public that it is...
Lawmakers reach deal on air security
Ending a long fight between Republicans and Democrats, House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement Thursday to bolster airport security and to replace the private contractors that screen passengers and...
Tears fill `Heartbreak Hotel’
Throughout the day, they came, as hundreds have before them, to confirm their worst fears. Within hours of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, family members of passengers aboard...
United expands duties of company involved in breach
The security firm under investigation because its workers allowed weapons to pass through a checkpoint undetected at O'Hare International Airport has been given the added responsibility of conducting a final...
Blagojevich riles party with vote on screeners
Democratic congressional leaders are furious with U.S. Rep. Rod Blagojevich for his vote against party-backed legislation to federalize airport security screeners, and some congressional aides suspect he cast the vote...
Airport bill hung up on screeners
The House on Thursday passed a broad package of measures designed to improve airline security but narrowly rejected a full federal takeover of security screening at the nation's airports. The...
Mineta assails screening lapses
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta criticized lax airport security Tuesday as the White House sought to discourage undecided House members from backing a full federal takeover of airline-passenger screening. Mineta denounced...
Anthrax is likely killer of 2 D.C. postal workers
Health officials said Monday that they suspect anthrax killed two Washington postal workers, bringing the apparent death toll from the outbreak to three. Two employees from the same mail center...