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Extra Extra: Mile-Long Cab Ride Costs Passenger Almost $800

By Jon Graef in News on Mar 23, 2014 9:30PM

  • Here's how a 1-mile cab ride cost a passenger $787. Check your receipts, people! [Trib]
  • Chicago Public Schools investigators questioned students who refused to take the ISAT exam and parents of those students are livid. [Sun-Times]
  • There will be a referendum question on the November ballot asking if Illinoisans want a constitutional amendment to tax the wealthy more. [Biz Pac Review]
  • Attorney General Madigan’s office collected nearly 1 billion in revenue last year. [CBS]
  • There's a new pinball league in Chicago. [Pinball Chicago]

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