* Pontiac prisoners’ move halted
* CN, suburb reach agreement on rail deal
Canadian National said Tuesday its agreement with Crest Hill includes creating quiet zones and the use of noise mitigation measures.
Approval of Canadian National’s purchase of remains pending with regulators on the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.
* RTA tells Elgin it can’t make ends meet
Leanne Redden, RTA senior deputy executive director, noted the agency should be spending $1 billion a year to maintain its infrastructure and transportation network, but the 2009 plan has only $470 million for that.
* Transit officials fear rider decline possible
Rockford Mass Transit District officials are afraid service cutbacks could put the brakes on significant ridership growth.
* Transit leaders seek help from Congress
Leaders from 11 transit agencies, including the Chicago Transit Authority, pleaded with Congress for help Tuesday as long-term financing deals with investors collapse amid the global credit crisis.
The officials warned that 31 of the nation’s largest transit systems could face at least $2 billion in payments in the coming months if hundreds of the deals go bad. The fallout could cripple rail and bus systems at a time when ridership is soaring.
* CTA Not Afraid of AIG-Backed Investments
* Just charge it: CTA to offer more ways to pay with plastic
* AAA predicts first decline in holiday travel in 6 years
* Minnesota’s tiered tollway charges are likely coming to Illinois roadways
* Devine’s No. 2 joining U.S. attorney
After serving as the No. 2 man under Cook County State’s Attorney Dick Devine for years, Robert Milan is leaving the office — but he isn’t going too far.
* Attorney general sues Rockford company for mortgage fraud
* Crime down again in Ill., drops in every category
* Illinois crime rate dipped 3.6% in 2007
* State, counties see drops in crime during 2007
* Poshard: Forgiveness ‘greatest strength’ government can have (Video)
* Durbin re-elected as Whip
* No gay high school — at least not in ‘09
Some lead members of the design team had thought that the latest version of the proposal — which deleted all specific references to gay students from the mission statement and changed the school’s name — had been the best way to garner support for the new school, Chicago public school officials said. But on Tuesday, other members balked.
“When we tried to compromise as much as we could with our language, even changing our name, in the end, the design team couldn’t fully agree that this proposal should go through,'’ one team member, Katherine Hogan, told WTTW-Channel 11’s “Chicago Tonight” Tuesday.
Hogan, a literature teacher at Social Justice High School, insisted the design team had the “full support'’ of Schools CEO Arne Duncan and would “absolutely'’ submit an “even stronger'’ version of the plan next year, in time for the school to open in 2010, as planned.
* Gay-lesbian high school plan dropped
* Vote on anti-bullying Chicago high school delayed
* Let’s not give up on ’safe haven’ school
* Des Plaines’ senior center campaigns for city funds