Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 22
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9:08 AM CDT on July 22, 2016
- Local Leaders Respond to GOP’s Anti-Transit Platform (Crain’s)
- #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Arrested for Blocking Roadway in Lawndale (Tribune)
- Tribune Endorses Proposal for Rapid Transit, Fare Integration on Metra Electric Line
- Waukegan Woman Is 2nd Person Killed This Week by Driver on Sidewalk (Tribune)
- Suspect Killed, Bike Cop Injured in Shootout by 18th St. Pedestrian Tunnel (Tribune)
- Following Attack, Chicago’s “Walking Man” Is Out of Hospital, in Good Spirits (Tribune)
- Neighbors Support Zoning Change to Allow 197-Unit Tower by Wilson ‘L’ (DNA)
- Seating Plaza Added as Part of Low-Line Market by Southport ‘L’ Stop (DNA)
- Reilly Proposes Crackdown on Party Buses (Sun-Times)
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