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O'Hare Expansion

NPR's David Schaper reports on a $6.6 billion plan to renovate O'Hare International Airport. But expansion of the nation's busiest airport may be shelved if the airlines can't pay for it.

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David Schaper is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk, based in Chicago, primarily covering transportation and infrastructure, as well as breaking news in Chicago and the Midwest.

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