Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 12
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9:00 AM CDT on April 12, 2017
- Active Trans Has Been Meeting With Congressional Reps Asking Them to Fight Trump Budget
- Naperville Police Wait 3 Days to Tell Media About Officer-Involved Crash That Killed Senior (Tribune)
- Arrest Made After Sexual Assault on the Lakefront Trail at 35th Street (Tribune)
- Police Say They Plan to Write More Traffic Tickets in Response to Jeff Park Gun Crimes (DNA)
- City Colleges Discontinues Student Shuttle After Poor Ridership (Tribune)
- Several North Side Bike Routes Are a Mess Due to Water Main Work (The Chainlink)
- Metra Offers an “Early Getaway” Schedule for Good Friday This Week
- Tower With 258 Units, 179 Car Spaces Permitted Near UIC Halsted Station (DNA)
- Divvy Rolls Out Blackhawks Bikes in Time for NHL Playoffs (Time Out)
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Fire Hydrants — But Were Afraid to Ask (DNA)
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