Federal cash to pay for underground and street-level upgrades.
The area near the Harlem Avenue CTA station will get a sprucing up, courtesy of new federal grant money. The $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's "Transportation, Community and System Preservation" (TCSP) program will help pay for improvements near the Green Line station, from Marion Street running west along South Boulevard to Harlem Avenue. Officials in Oak Park say they plan to replace underground infrastructure, construct wider sidewalks, shorten crosswalk distances, improve area lighting and add more seating — a compliment to the work recently completed along South Marion Street. Earlier: South Marion to Get $5.4 Million Facelift In a news release, Oak Park officials said the renovations will be key to …
Bi-partisan deal between U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin earns attorney John "Jay" Tharp a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois judgeship.
Senators announce their recommendations for judicial vacancies, including attorneys from Oak Park and River Forest.
U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin this week recommended to President Obama high-profile attorneys from Oak Park and River Forest for spots on Chicago's federal bench, the Chicago Tribune is reporting. On Tuesday, Kirk, the Illinois Republican, nominated John Tharp, an Oak Parker and former federal prosecutor noted for his prosecution of corruption cases involving ghost payrolling and influence-peddling at the state and county levels. Tharp is currently a partner at Mayer Brown. Durbin, a Democrat, offered the names of four Chicagoland attorneys, including Julie Bauer, a River Forest resident and partner at Winston & Strawn. There are three three judicial vacancies in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The …
