Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 8
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- City Council Approves $2B in TIF Money for Lincoln Yards, The 78 (Curbed)
- MPC’s Wennink Discusses How Lincoln Yards Will Affect Transportation (CBS)
- More Coverage of the Passage of the Divvy Expansion Deal (Sun-Times)
- CTA Calls Halsted Bus/Bike Lane Experiment a Success, Wants to Try It Elsewhere (Tribune)
- Man Hospitalized After Being Punched in the Face at Jackson Blue Line Stop (Block Club)
- Driver Who Killed Man, Dumped Body, Won a Seat on Park Forest Library Board (Tribune)
- Blue Line Service Restored After Derailment Between Rosemont and O’Hare (WGN)
- Residual Delays on BNSF After Signal Problems at Union Station (ABC)
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