Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 27
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9:00 AM CST on November 28, 2016
- $75 Million Approved for Preliminary Engineering for South Red Line Extension (Tribune)
- Grimshaw, Zotti, Hummel Endorse Central Committee Plan for New Transit (Sun-Times)
- Infant Girl on Life Support After 2-Car Crash on I-290 Crash in Forest Park (Sun-Times)
- Police Chase Ends in Crash on the Dan Ryan, No Serious Injuries (CBS)
- ABC Looks at the City’s Upcoming Vision Zero Plan to Prevent Traffic Deaths
- Kamin: With Ongoing Renovations, Union Station Is Moving Into the Future (Tribune)
- CTA, Chicago Public Libraries Partner to Offer Free Content for Transit Riders (CBS)
- Hearing Set on Extending the Skokie Valley Trail in Lake County (Tribune)
- Meet Active Trans‘ Top Volunteers of 2016
- Ex-Active Trans Victim Advocate Jason Jenkins Joins Bike Parking Company (Dero)
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