Jeez, the travel agent for this Ohio trek has told the Colligan Project people they can find no nonstop flights out of LaGuardia. I found them on the US Airways' site, so I don't know what the agent's problem is!
The problem now is, I am not happy.
I used to have that problem when I went to the NIH. I understood I had to get to a major airport as Medford did not go non-stop to Dulles, but no way was I making the additional stop they would try and book me on. I told them I would not go if they did not ok my flights of choice. They always did, or they gave me an allowance and I purchased my own ticket. The problem with that was the risk to me if for some reason I couldn't go.
It is possible the travel agent, like the NIH agent, wasn't finding the non-stop flight at the best price.