Nick Blumberg
Correspondent at WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL)
@wttw correspondent and Week in Review host | @kjzzphoenix and @Cronkite_ASU alum | [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
news.wttw.com | Nick Blumberg
CTA Leader Warns of ‘Severe and Sobering’ Choices Ahead if State Lawmakers Don’t Come Through With Transit Funding (Rawf8 / iStock) Chicago Transit Authority Acting President Nora Leerhsen said the agency has entered a “new phase” after the Illinois General Assembly failed last month to pass a measure tackling a $770 million budget gap for Chicago-area transit.
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2 weeks ago |
news.wttw.com | Nick Blumberg
Chicago Cracks Down on Nearly 200 Illegal Trash Pickups in First Months of Enforcement Effort (WTTW News) Private waste haulers were slapped with nearly 200 tickets for illegal, early-morning pickups during the first six months of a new enforcement. That’s according to records obtained by WTTW News from the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, which began coordinating the crackdown through a newly created 311 complaint category in October 2024.
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3 weeks ago |
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Battery Case Dismissed Against Aurora Resident in Dispute With Former Mayor’s Campaign Team Ken Maurice stands outside his home in Aurora on March 18, 2025. (Nick Blumberg / WTTW News) An Aurora resident who staunchly maintained his innocence on a charge of alleged battery against a member of former Mayor Richard Irvin’s campaign team had his case dismissed by a Kane County judge on Wednesday.
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1 month ago |
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Illinois Lawmakers Unveil New Funding Sources for Chicagoland Transit, Aiming to Stave Off Disastrous Fiscal Cliff A CTA train is pictured in a file photo. (AlbertPego / iStock) “It includes a number of funding mechanisms that I, as one of the business leaders that I’ve spoken with, would describe as a shared sacrifice,” said state Sen. Ram Villivalam (D-Chicago), who’s one of the leaders on the transit bills.
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1 month ago |
news.wttw.com | Nick Blumberg
Lawmakers Unveil Plan to Overhaul Chicago-Area Transit With New Oversight Agency, But No Solution for Fiscal Cliff File photo of a Metra train in Chicago in 2023. (Boarding1Now / iStock) State lawmakers lifted the curtain on a long-anticipated plan to reform Chicago-area transit on Wednesday, just days from the end of the spring session and after lengthy rounds of negotiations.
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