Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 19
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9:49 AM CST on January 19, 2018
- Joravsky: If Emanuel Didn’t Want Gentrification, He’d Stop Giving TIF Funds to Corporations (Reader)
- Man Douses Woman With Liquid, Starts Small Fire on Red Line, No Major Injuries (Tribune)
- Husband Files Lawsuit Against Driver Who Killed His Pregnant Wife, 3 Children (Tribune)
- Audio From the America Walks Webinar With Oboi Reed, John and Other Advocates and Journalists
- An Update on Plans to Fix Lincoln Square’s Lincoln Avenue Curve (Sun-Times)
- Bicycling Calls Chicago a Top 5 Winter Cycling City, Since All 2.7 Million Residents Bike to Work
- Ex-Bear Brian Urlacher Has Taken up Mountain Biking (Tribune)
- Woodlawn’s Blackstone Bikes Is Hiring a Program Manager
- CTA and Metra Are Beefing up Service for Saturday’s Women’s March (Tribune)
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