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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 9

    • 41st Street Ped Bridge Project Put on Hold After IDOT Witholds $2M Contribution (Tribune)
    • Abandoned Parking Lot Next to N. Shore Channel Trail Will Be Turned Into a Park (DNA)
    • CTA Board Approves Extending the 31st Street Bus Pilot Another 6 Months (DNA)
    • Police Commander: It's Getting More Common for Road Rage to Result in Gunfire (DNA)
    • Guzzardi Calls for Allowing Rent Control, Realtors Lobby Against It (Crain's)
    • Divvy's Place in the National Bike-Share Revolution (Vox)
    • Department of Finance Pledges More Enforcement of Bike Lane Violations (DNA)
    • On "A Day Without Women" Female CTA Workers Rallied for Better Conditions (ABC)
    • Driver Blows Stop Sign in Washington Park, Causing Multi-Vehicle Crash (NBC)
    • Metra MD-W Line Delayed After Wind Takes Down a Power Line in Elgin (Herald)
    • Why Aren't Norridge and Harwood Heights Part of the City of Chicago? (DNA)

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