Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 2

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  • USDOT: Metra will receive  a $513.6 million from the American Rescue Plan fund (Trains.com)
  • Blue Line attackers hit sleeping man with a bat, stabbed him, bit him, and robbed him (OakPark.com)
  • Winter storm brings cancellations to Amtrak service in Midwest (Trains.com)
  • Delays reported on CTA Green, Red, Purple, Brown trains and buses amid winter storm (Wednesday Journal)
  • Loyola Phoenix takes a deep dive into the progress of the Red & Purple Modernization project
  • Yesterday Metra launched $6 three-zone Day Pass, and $10 All-Day Pass became Ventra App-only (CBS)
  • Suburban officials worry proposed CP and Kansas City Southern merger could double train traffic (Tribune)
  • The city is planting free trees for those who request them in the 2nd Ward (Block Club)

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 1

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  • Transit rider’s union launches on Transit Equity Day this Friday 8 AM at Forest Park branch Western stop
  • In reelection bid, Pritzker says he will suspend plan to raise gas tax to keep up with inflation (Sun-Times)
  • Alderpeople emerged from ward remap negotiations Sunday without a compromise (Block Club)
  • Activists calling for CTA work stoppage to protest Van Dyke release plan rally downtown Thursday (WGN)
  • CTA bus driver union is worried “microtransit” is an agency strategy to get around using union labor (Fox)
  • After 3-car crash death of Emma Joyce Quarles, 81, in Homewood, police close Halsted for investigation (Tribune)
  • Hit-and-run SUV driver crashes into Belmont Cragin building, then injures 2 teens on sidewalks (ABC)
  • CPD: Cop driving in the wrong direction on 111th injured after colliding with left-turning motorist (ABC)
  • LaSpata is proceeding with PB-elected protected lanes on Wood in 1st Ward, despite driver pushback (CBS)
  • Redevelopment of infamous Silver Shovel site at Roosevelt/Kostner could include bike trail (Block Club)

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 31

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  • Driver fatally struck Adam Ellerman, as he walked besides Chicago Heights road that lacked a sidewalk (Patch)
  • SUV driver dies after rear-ending semi truck at 40th/Pulaski early Sunday morning (NBC)
  • Driver runs red in Highland, IN, killing female motorist from Munster, 70 (NBC)
  • Driver suffers broken leg after running red at 11th/State and striking snow plow, causing it to jump curb (CBS)
  • Plane sucks baggage cart into engine while skidding on snowy O’Hare airport tarmac, no injuries  (ABC)
  • Concrete is falling from ceiling of Buena underpass to LFT, creating hazard for trail users (CBS)
  • Parking ban in the 1400 and 1500 blocks Milwaukee to deter partying and crime passes (Block Club)
  • Mars Wrigley candy factory in Galewood is closing, Metra has no plans to change Mars station name (Sun-Times)
  • Residents can weigh in on renaming a NW Side park for poet Gertrud Kolmar, who died at Auschwitz (Block Club)

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 28

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  • This year Chicago’s court-mandated count of homeless population will include those sheltering on CTA (CBS)
  • 2 men died after motorist shot at them near Wilson/Clark, and their car crashed and caught on fire (Block Club)
  • 2 injured after car driver sideswiped pickup truck on 7000 block of South Chicago Ave. (Fox)
  • Pedestrian traffic rerouted after “suspicious object” found at Lake/Michigan (ABC)
  • New ordinance would prohibit city from charging carjacking victims towing and storage fees (Block Club)
  • State legislators considering bill to require life rings at all public access points along Lake Michigan (Block Club)
  • Upgrades to “Soul City Corridor” of Chicago Ave. will include bike/bus lanes, pedestrian improvements (FSM)
  • Want to live cheaper in Chicago? Get a CTA pass and ride a bike (Time Out Chicago)

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