RTA blasts Metra over handling of CEO’s dismissal
Metra acted hastily and ill-advisedly when it kicked out its executive director while handing him a severance package now said to be worth potentially as much as $871,000, the Regional...
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RTA report shows Metra misled public on settlement costs
Metra officials repeatedly misled the public when they insisted that an unusually large severance package for former CEO Alex Clifford saved taxpayers millions of dollars in potential litigation costs, a...
Scathing audit accuses Metra of misleading public over CEO’s ouster
Metra officials repeatedly misled the public when they insisted that an unusually large severance package for former CEO Alex Clifford saved taxpayers millions of dollars in potential litigation costs, a...
RTA faults Metra for Clifford package
Metra acted hastily and ill-advisedly when it kicked out its executive director while handing him a severance package now said to be worth potentially as much as $871,000, the Regional...
Metra board meets for 1st time since CEO’s ouster
Meeting for the first time since ousting its CEO in June and touching off a controversy that savaged its leadership, Metra's diminished board sought today to convince customers it was...
Metra board meets for 1st time since CEO’s ouster
Meeting for the first time since ousting its CEO in June and touching off a controversy that savaged its leadership, Metra's diminished board sought today to convince customers it was...
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush defends controversial rail project
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush defended his role in a controversial South Side rail project Tuesday, saying racially biased reporting unfairly characterized his recommendation that Metra pay $50,000 to a little-known...
Metra deals with leadership vacuum
Less than 24 hours into his acting chairmanship, Jack Partelow visited Metra headquarters Friday to meet with senior staffers and gauge the mood. Not surprisingly, he found an agency bruised...
Light shed on Rush’s role in Metra scandal
After pressuring a Metra contractor to hire more African-American companies for a crucial South Side rail project, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush recommended that the commuter rail agency pay $50,000 to...
4th Metra board resigns amid patronage allegations
Embattled Metra board member Larry Huggins resigned today, becoming the fourth person to quit the board following allegations of political interference at the commuter rail agency. Huggins, who represented the...