Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 31
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9:08 AM CDT on August 31, 2017
- New Washington-Wabash ‘L’ Station Opens Today (CBS)
- #11 Lincoln Bus Pilot Ends Friday — A Timeline of the Failed Effort to Restore Service (DNA)
- There Will Be Three Vision Zero West Side Open Houses in Late September
- Active Trans Releases a Statement on Equity and Inclusion
- Man Charged With Shooting on Jackson Red Line Platform (Tribune)
- Both Drivers Charged With DUIs in Oakbrook Terrace Crash (Sun-Times)
- Police: Man Tops 120 on Motorcycle Near Libertyville, Knocks Over Deputy (Sun-Times)
- At Open House on Milwaukee From Logan to Belmont, Residents Ask for Protected Lanes (DNA)
- Gubernatorial Hopeful & Billionaire J.B. Pritzker Says He Sometimes Rides the #151 Bus (Tribune)
- What Kind of Development Will Replace This Wicker Park Gas Station? (Curbed)
- What to Eat, Drink, and Do in CTA-Accessible Suburbs (RedEye)
- Active Trans Leads a Bike Tour of the S. Branch of Chicago River on 9/17
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