Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 18

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  • Affordable homes, health center, child care planned for West Side vacant lots (Block Club)
  • Neighbors argue that adding 16 affordable units near Morse stop would hurt local merchants (Block Club)
  • CTA Elevating Futures scholarship recipients would have a chance to work on RPM (Block Club)
  • Block Club looks at Better Streets Chicago’s campaign for municipal sidewalk clearance
  • Belmont Cragin teens will help design and roll out bike education campaign (BBSP)
  • Local business owner buys out street vendors, donates food to community fridges (Daily Northwestern)

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 17

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  • Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation after snow storm (Associated Press)
  • 6 Chicago buildings have had roof collapses from snow this month (Sun-Times)
  • Belmont Cragin youth urge CTA board to upgrade bus service (ATA)
  • Witnesses: Woman jumped on Blue tracks and died after altercation at Pulaski stop (ABC)
  • Driver crashes off I-355 bridge — 2nd case of a motorist plunging from an Interstate in a week (ABC)
  • Namesake of all-affordable, LGBT-friendly Logan TOD is denied housing there (Block Club)
  • Tribune editorial: Instead of doing “Dibs,” help a neighbor shovel out a parking spot

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 16

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  • Snowstorm and switching problems cause delays on multiple CTA lines (NBC)
  • Snow also caused delays on Metra lines, grounded planes, and clogged roads (Tribune)
  • Metra UP-W bused travelers after freight train derailment in West Chicago (ABC)
  • Driver rear-ended state trooper on I-55 in Joliet, seriously injuring him (Sun-Times)
  • Here’s how to get shoveling help after the blizzard (Block Club)
  • Side streets are close to impassible during blizzard — unless you’re biking (CBS)
  • Lightfoot asks for patience with side-street plowing (Block Club)
  • CTA offering college scholarships through Elevating Futures Scholarship Fund (Fox)

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 15

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  • The city could soon let restaurants and bars do indoor service at 40% capacity (Block Club)
  • Tribune editorial: Taxpayers in no shape to subsidize One Central megaproject with “transit hub”
  • Two CPD officers suffer minor injured in head-on crash in Portage Park (WGN)
  • Resentencing ordered for drunk driver who killed blind pedestrian James Gavina, 58, in Hammond (NWI Times)
  • Chicago bike shops were looted during last year’s civil unrest (BRAIN)
  • Sterling Bay demolishes flour mill in W. Loop in conjunction with possible new Metra stop (Tribune)
  • 120 units, 12 affordable, with 47 car spots approved near Main Purple, Metra stops in Evanston (Tribune)

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