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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 6

By John Greenfield | Jan 6, 2022 | No Comments

Activist asks CTA unions to shut down the system if Jason Van Dyke isn’t federally charged (Fox) No school Thursday as CPS, union standoff continues over in-person learning (Block Club) Police release photos of Jeep whose driver killed pedestrian at Belmont/Menard on NYE (WGN) Police: Female motorist killed in Antioch after veering into path of […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, January 5

By John Greenfield | Jan 5, 2022 | No Comments

CPS classes canceled Wednesday after Chicago Teachers Union votes to refuse in-person schooling (Tribune) Metra asks regulators to order Canadian Pacific to provide more merger-related data (Trains) In 2021, more than 1,300 people died in car crashes in Illinois, the highest number since 2005 (INR) Berwyn carjacking suspects spur Illinois State Police chase on Eisenhower […]

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 3

By John Greenfield | Jan 3, 2022 | No Comments

Buyk, a grocery bike delivery company, expands to Chicago with 7 stores (Block Club) Driver fatally strikes man, 59, crossing the street at intersection of 2 multilane roads in Elgin (Tribune) Wrong-way sports car driver kills himself, 2 other motorists on New Year’s Day at 5:15 AM on I-290 (NBC) Evanston offered free garage and […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 31

By John Greenfield | Dec 31, 2021 | No Comments

Pritzker tries to justify plans to spend billions in federal funds to widen expressways in NPR interview Lightfoot defended plans to host NYE fireworks as COVID-19 surges in the city (Block Club) 1 dead, 2 injured after driver of car full of teens crashes into parked vehicle, tree in Humboldt Park (Sun-Times) Owner of Pedestrian […]

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 30

By John Greenfield | Dec 30, 2021 | No Comments

About 50 people showed up for last night’s protest of Halsted bike lane removal for Amazon turn lane Equiticity and CMAP discuss the latest CTA ridership findings (WTTW) UIC’s P.S. Sriraj, transit agencies discuss what it will take for ridership to return to normal (Tribune) Metra is planning major hiring push as more downtown commuting […]

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