Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 23
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8:58 AM CDT on April 23, 2015
- After Proposing Transit Cuts, Rauner Will Hit the Road to Promote Highway Construction (Pantagraph)
- IL House Approves Measure to Ban Red Light Cams in Communities Not Under Home Rule (Tribune)
- Metra Board Approves Contracts for High-Tech Safety System, Strategic Planning (Tribune)
- Opening of Metra’s New Edgewater Stop Pushed Back to 2017 (DNA)
- Will County Seeking Input on Will Connects 2040 Transportation Plan (Active Trans)
- Suspect in CTA Sexual Assault Turns Himself in After Seeing His Photo in the Media (Tribune)
- 2 Chicago Police Squad Cars Struck During Traffic Dispute (Sun-Times)
- Keating Comes Out Against Removal of Kinzie Protected Bike Lanes
- Jacobsen’s Divvy Data Challenge Entry Confirms Bike-Share Is Usually Faster Than CTA (Chicago)
- MPC Hosts “Broke, Broken and Out of Time” Infrastructure Symposium May 13
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