Today’s Headlines for Thursday, November 8
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9:00 AM CST on November 8, 2018
- Voters in 3 Wards Voiced Support for Lifting the State Ban on Rent Control (Crain’s)
- Widow of Metra Worker Says Company Is Withholding Info on Fatal Gas Blast (Sun-Times)
- Wheaton Metra Station Fully Reopens 1 Year After Fire (ABC)
- Tribune: Ride-Hailing Drivers Need to Stay Out of Bus and Bike Lanes
- Video: Near Misses With People Walking in the Dearborn Protected Bike Lanes (Chainlink)
- Bikes N’ Roses Is Moving From Albany Park to Serve Belmont Cragin, Hermosa & N. Austin
- Chicago Skyway Toll Plaza Restored to “Original Midcentury Glory” (Curbed)
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