Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 22

By John Greenfield
Jul 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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