Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, December 12
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10:06 AM CST on December 12, 2018
- CTA Board Expected to Approve Contracts for RPM, Red Line Extension Today (Tribune)
- 6 Mayoral Candidates Support a Community Benefits Agreement for Obama Center (Tribune)
- As Logan’s White Population Surpasses Latinos, Some Point to TODs and 606 (Block Club)
- County Judge Delays Ruling on Lawsuit Over Bike Lanes That Displaced Homeless (ABC)
- Cook County to Vote on Repealing Lower Parking App Tax Rate (Crain’s)
- Drivers Fail to Yield to Peds in Mid-block Crosswalk on South Side of City Hall (CBS)
- MBAC Meeting Today 3-4:30 PM in City Hall, Room 1103 (Chainlink)
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