Friday, January 28, 2011

Hundreds of Chicago Voters to Be Displaced by New Runway


From the Chicago Tribune: The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review an appellate court decision affirming Chicago's acquisition of a 161-year-old cemetery that stands in the way of a future runway at O'Hare International Airport.

"It is technically not the end of the line, but it is pretty close to it,'' said Joseph Karaganis, an attorney representing St. John's United Church of Christ, which owns St. Johannes Cemetery and had sought the Supreme Court's review...

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