Today’s Headlines for Monday, August 28
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8:39 AM CDT on August 28, 2017
- Ordinance Would Require 15% Affordable Units or New Units Elsewhere in Gentrifying Nabes (Tribune)
- Police: SUV Driver Fatally Struck Man Who Was Crossing in 6200 Block of W. Devon (Tribune)
- Hit and Run Driver Critically Injures Pedestrian, 24, by Millennium Park (Tribune)
- Uninsured Driver Ignores Cones, Seriously Injures 2 Cyclists in Triathlon near Addison/LSD (Sun-Times)
- Pedestrian Islands Are Coming in Near Jeff Park Transit Center (DNA)
- NICTD Has Been Holding Up Burnham Greenway Extension for Almost 4 Years (Tribune)
- MHSRA: Rome Does Airport Express Service Right
- Transit Tees Grand Opening Party at 5226 N. Clark in Andersonville on 9/7 at 6 PM
- Chicago Cycling Club Leads Tour of Historic Woodlawn Sites on 9/9 (DNA)
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