Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 23
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8:58 AM CST on January 23, 2017
- Some 250K Activists Filled the Streets for Chicago’s Women’s March (Tribune)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Severely Injures Pedestrian in Park Forest (CBS)
- Metra Fare Increase Kicks in February 1 (CBS)
- Steinberg: Chicago “Dodged a Bullet” by Not Winning the Lucas Museum (Sun-Times)
- Pro-TOD Jefferson Park Forward Now Has Over 100 Members (DNA)
- 3-D Map Show Height of Upcoming Construction Projects (DNA)
- 7-Story Office Building With Retail, 50 Spaces Planned 2 Blocks From Morgan Stop (DNA)
- Metra CEO Don Orseno Speaks Before the City Club of Chicago Today at 11:30
- Ghost Bike Installation for Jezniah Smith Tonight at 5:30 (The Chainlink)
- Important Court Date for the Bobby Cann Case This Thursday 10 AM (The Chainlink)
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In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.
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