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Besides planning and funding research, the new “superagency” will also issue permits for foreign researchers to work in Indonesia—an increasingly contentious topic.

Damarius Bilbo advises Young during contract negotiations and helps manage his business interests, but he is just one part of the larger blueprint of Klutch Sports Group, the superagency helmed by Rich Paul that represents LeBron James, Anthony Davis and other superstars.

Schank prompted a laugh from the wonkish audience by suggesting that the superagency be named the Chicago Bus, Elevated and Rail, or BEAR.

The Regional Transportation Authority should either be strengthened into a superagency to coordinate all Chicago-area transit service or be eliminated entirely, leaving the CTA, Metra and Pace to fend for themselves, according to a new report from a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

That consultant, Vienna, Va.-based Delcan Corp., also recommended that the three transit boards be folded into a strong, unified superagency, similar to New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority.