Today’s Headlines for Monday, December 5
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8:56 AM CST on December 5, 2016
- Tribune Editorial Praises the Creation of the North Side Transit TIF
- Crain’s Cartoon Portrays Obama as Santa, With a Bag Full of Grant Money for RPM
- 6 Injured, Including 2 Chicago Police Officers, in Bridgeport Crash (Sun-Times)
- 210 Snowplows Deployed for Chicago’s First Storm of the Season (Sun-Times)
- IDOT Message Boards in Effingham Area Dark Due to State Budget Crisis (Roses & Thorns)
- Architect Carole Ross-Barney Discusses the Chicago Riverwalk Project (Tribune)
- Food Truck Owners Await Ruling Today That Could Ease Restrictions (Tribune)
- RedEye Talks With Transplanted Aussie About Breaking the CTA ‘L’ Challenge Record
- Students Learn About Climate Change By Identifying Trees on the Bloomingdale (DNA)
- “Walk With Light” Takes Place Sunday 12/11 on the Bloomingdale Trail (Curbed)
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