Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 22
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8:52 AM CST on February 22, 2016
- Program Offers Low-Income Home Owners Near 606 “Forgiveable” Loans for Maintenance (DNA)
- A Battle Is Brewing Over Who Will Get the CTA’s Next Big Rail Car Contract (Crain’s)
- Daniel Hertz Provides 4 Reasons Why the O’Hare Express Is a Really Bad Idea (Chicago)
- City Plans to Take Over the Old Main Post Office & Find a New Developer (Crain’s)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills a Woman, Injures a Man and a Boy in Pilsen (Tribune)
- Driver Fatally Strikes Pedestrian in Norridge, Flees the Scene (Sun-Times)
- CPS Teacher Charged With Misdemeanors After Injuring 2 Students in DUI Crash (Tribune)
- Frustrated by 30-Minute Delay, Blue Line Passengers Exit Cars & Walk Down Tracks (DNA)
- Plan Commission Approves Lathrop Redevelopment, Several Downtown High Rises (Curbed)
- Moreno Calls the Inclusion of 400 Affordable Units in the Lathrop Plan a “Huge Victory” (DNA)
- Court Strikes Down Lawuit Based on Creative Theory That Cabbies Are City Employees (Sun-Times)
- The Mild Winter Means Fewer Potholes to Fix (Tribune)
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In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.
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