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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, June 23

By John Greenfield | Jun 23, 2020 | No Comments

Study: Ride-hail trips cost more in low-demand, i.e. POC, Chicago communities (Salon) More than 100 cyclists blanketed North Side streets to protest police brutality (Tribune) Right-wing editor: Lightfoot keeping LFT closed after BLM protests was “hypocrisy” (HHG) More coverage of the reopening of the Lakefront Trail (NBC) “Overwhelming” support from 35th Ward residents for Palmer […]

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, June 23

By John Greenfield | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

Chicago moves into Phase 4 on Friday, including indoor dining, performance venues (ABC) Civic leaders warn of gridlock, economic harm if commuters shun transit (Tribune, Crain’s) CTA distributing free “Travel Healthy” kits with masks, sanitizer, tips (NBC) Healthy Schools Campaign endorses, open streets, Slow Streets, emergency bikeways Evan Melau, 15, killed on bike after drivers […]

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, June 18

By John Greenfield | Jun 18, 2020 | No Comments

The 606 is reopening Monday 6 AM to 7 PM; Ken Griffin is donating $5M to fix LFT (Tribune) CDOT: Last week traffic was back to 77% of volume recorded last year (Tribune) Metra: COVID will cost us $605 million in lost revenues through 2021 (Tribune) Glendale Heights driver charged with 5th DUI after Batavia […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 17

By John Greenfield | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments

ACLU: Other than the 1st night of curfew, 93% of those arrested for violations were Black (Sun-Times) 3 dead, 2 injured after driver hits hydrant, tree in Ashburn near Evergreen Cemetery Man, 54, fatally shot on bike near Rogers Park’s Recyclery after getting caught in crossfire (Tribune) Trucker fatally struck Jake Enblom, 20, on I-80 […]

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