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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, May 3

8:58 AM CDT on May 3, 2016

    • Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Woman on SW Side Charged With DUI (Tribune)
    • Taxi Industry Rewarding Anti-Ride-Share Aldermen With Donations (Crain's)
    • Michele Smith Says Airbnb Could Make Lincoln Park Even Less Affordable (Sun-Times)
    • Vista Tower, Chicago's 2nd-Tallest Building, Breaks Ground This Summer (Chicagoist)
    • BWLP Led "Ride & Envision" Tour to Brainstorm Ideas for Cortland/River Corridor
    • North Branch Trail River Bridge Will Be Installed Wednesday (DNA)
    • Screening Installed on Trail Overpass on I-355 to Thwart Anti-Obama Protesters (Herald)
    • Rahm Swipes a Police Bike, Takes a Spin on Lower Wacker (DNA)
    • Party Time, Excellent! Ribbon Cutting for Aurora PBLs 5/13 9:30 a.m., 130 S. River St.
    • NACTO Bikeway Design Workshop Tuesday, 5/24, from 8:30 a.m at CMAP
    • Transport Chicago Conference Takes Place 6/10 at UIC Forum

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