Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 28
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8:48 AM CST on February 28, 2018
- Obama Makes Final Pitch for Center, Downplays Gentrification Concerns (Tribune)
- …Rauner: State Will Be Willing to Pay Some of $175M in Transportation Expenses (Sun-Times)
- Sustainable Transportation Booster Ald. Pawar Is Launching a News Outlet (Sun-Times)
- How Chicago Ticket Debt Sends Black Motorists Into Bankruptcy (ProPublica)
- Logan Squarist Looks at Strategies to Reduce Bike Fatalities — John Weighs in
- Medill Reports Talks With Kristen Green From Chicago Ghost Bikes
- Federal Tax Policy Could Encourage Suburbanites to Move to Chicago (Chicago Mag)
- John Discusses Wisconsin’s Anti-CTA Ad Campaign With the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
- Chicago’s 2017 Home Price Growth Was Dead Last Among 20 Cities (Crain’s)
- CBS Talks With Mary Wallace, Chicago’s First Female and WOC Bus Driver
- Video: Cyclist Has Run-in With a Rent-a-Cop in an SUV on 606 (NSFW Language) (Instagram)
- Today’s Last Day for Discounted Registration for the IL Bike Summit 5/7 at UIC
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