Today’s Headlines

  • Quinn Vetoes Bill for State Regulation of Ride-Share Services (Sun-Times)
  • IDOT Laid Off 58 “Staff Assistants” After IG Reported Patronage Abuses (Tribune)
  • FOIA Reveals CTA Pension Officials Spent Over $20K on Trip to Hawaii (Sun-Times)
  • Meet the Divers Who Are Helping Build the Chicago Riverwalk (Tribune)
  • NIRPC Launching Feasibility Study for Bikes on the South Shore (Active Trans)
  • Portage Park Getting Fewer Divvy Stations Than Previously Announced (DNA)
  • Here Are the Upcoming Edgewater Bike Share Locations (DNA)
  • Injury to Worker Near Roosevelt Causes Delay on Green Line (Tribune)
  • OEMC Workers Shepherd CTA Riders During Blue Line Closure (DNA)
  • Delays on Metra BNSF Line This Morning (Fox)
  • Aurora 5th Grader Wins Metra’s Train Safety Essay Contest (Tribune)
  • Sorry Romantics, CDOT Will Remove Your “Love Locks” From Moveable Bridges (DNA)

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