Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 17
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9:23 AM CDT on October 17, 2018
- $2.07M in Budget Set Aside for Jobs for Ex-Offenders, Including CTA, Greencorps (Block Club)
- CBS Looks at Chicago Drivers’ Failure to Yield to Pedestrians in Crosswalks
- 26 People Hurt, None Seriously, After #71 Bus Driver Hits Pole in Grand Crossing (ABC)
- Name of Hegewisch Thrift Shop Honors Twin Sisters Who Died in a Crash (CBS)
- Metra’s Threat of Service Cuts Fails to Grab State’s Attention (Daily Herald)
- Lake Forest Approves $100K for Enhanced Milwaukee District-North Service (Tribune)
- Metra to Replace Collapsed Wall on Rte. 45 Bridge Near Libertyville (Tribune)
- Affordable TOD with 54 Units, 20 Spaces Read to Rise in Rogers Park (Curbed)
- Dukmasova: Cook County Is Coming Up With Creative Ideas to Address Poverty (Place Journal)
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