Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 5
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9:22 AM CDT on May 5, 2017
- State: Selling Thompson Center Would Net Chicago $45M a Year in Property Taxes (Tribune)
- Chicago Budget Director: No, It Wouldn’t (Politico)
- Driver Charged With Reckless Homicide After Fatal South Loop Crash (DNA)
- DUI Crackdown on the North Side’s Town Hall Police District This Weekend (DNA)
- New Riverfront Public Spaces Need to Be Accessible to People With Disabilities (MPC)
- Years After It Was Announced, Uptown Streetscape Work, Including Plaza, Will Start in 2017 (DNA)
- New Interactive Map Shows How Much Apartments Near Transit Rent For (Curbed)
- Chicago Bicycle Company Has Opened Stores in Printers Row, North Center
- Love It or Hate It: You Can Now Buy a Toy Cubs World Series ‘L’ Car From the CTA
- Meeting on Possible Removal of Red Light Cam at 95th/Stony on 5/9 (7th Ward)
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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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