Barbara Flynn Currie, 'a trailblazer who opened doors for generations of women' dies

After a vote in the Illinois House on a key part of then Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s pension relief plan in 2016, Barbara Flynn Currie did something not often seen in these times of divided, dysfunctional government. She crossed the aisle and shook hands with the three Republican lawmakers who broke ranks with the GOP and voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a measure deferring police and fire pension payments.That was Currie, 85, who died Thursday. She not only represented her Hyde Park dist...