Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 8
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9:20 AM CDT on April 8, 2019
- After Lightfoot Intervenes, Emanuel Agrees to Delay Lincoln Yards TIF Vote (WBEZ)
- Pritzker OKs Sale of Thompson Center, With Provision for Keeping CTA Access (Crain’s)
- Police Release Image of Vehicle From Hit-and-Run Crash That Injured Woman, 61 (Patch)
- Passengers Robbed and Groped at the Morgan and Library ‘L’ Stops (Sun-Times)
- Man Charged With Robbing Teenage Girl on Train Near Morgan Stop (Sun-Times)
- Chicago Patterns Looks at the Downside of Chicago’s Mega-Development Wave
- Metra Plans to Build a Flyover to Address Grand/Western Bottleneck (Tribune)
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