Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM CDT on August 21, 2013
- RTA Audit: Metra Board Lied About Reason for CEO’s Hefty Severance (Tribune, NBC)
- U.S. Rep Lipinski: Metra Mess Could Impact Federal Funding (Crain’s)
- RTA Board to Discuss Five New Options for Distributing Transit Funds (Tribune)
- Walsh Construction Wins Bloomingdale Trail Contract (DNA)
- SUV Driver Kills 83-Year-Old Man in Hit-and-Run (DNA)
- Bike-A-Bee Founder Jana Kinsman Assaulted While Riding (Tribune, Sun-Times)
- Kinsman’s Assailants’ SUV May Have Been Captured on Video (DNA)
- Bike Ride Saturday to Raise Awareness of Need for 31st Street Bus (DNA)
- Cahill: Chicago to St. Louis Route Is the Wrong Way to Do High-Speed Rail (Crain’s)
- A Tale of Two Cities: Bike Improvements in Chicago and D.C. (Georgetown Voice)
- Steven Shares Divvy Riding Tips With Chicago Magazine
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