Today’s Headlines
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9:18 AM CST on November 17, 2016
- CTA Board Approves $400M in Borrowing for Red/Purple Grant Matching Funds (Sun-Times)
- Tribune Editorial Board Member: Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is an Illusion
- 2 Hurt After SUV Driver T-Bones Semi in Skokie and the Truck Falls on Its Side (CBS)
- Active Trans E-Newsletter Provides Updates on Regional Transportation Projects
- Evanston, Aurora, Schaumburg, DeKalb, Carbondale Win Awards From Bike League
- New Renderings of the Centrum Development, Next to The 606’s Milwaukee Entrance (Curbed)
- CTA Gifts Rolls Out a New Toy Holiday Train, ‘L’-Inspired Kids’ Backpacks
- Hearing on 41st Ward Participatory Budgeting Process 6 PM Tonight at Taft High (DNA)
- Community Input Meeting on the Paseo Plan 8 PM Tonight at La Catrina In Pilsen (DNA)
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