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8:57 AM CDT on August 29, 2014

State of Illinois Providing $10 Million to Expand Safe Passages Program (Tribune)
Sun-Times Is Bankrolling Free CTA Rides for CPS Students on First Day (RedEye)
15 Injured After O'Hare Shuttle Bus Driver Crashes Into Median (Sun-Times)
Flooding Has Put a Damper on Riverwalk Construction Work (Curbed)
City Study Finds Taxi Drivers Make $12.14 an Hour, Cabbies Beg to Differ (Sun-Times)
Open Letter to Rahm From a Cabbie: Give Us Higher Rates, Lower Fees (Chicago)
How Transitized Moved From Chicago to Vancouver Via Amtrak
Ribbon Cutting & BBQ for Loyola's New Kenmore Promenade 5:30 P.M. Today (DNA)

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