Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 27
By AJ LaTrace
- Mayor Lightfoot plans town halls to discuss infrastructure spending [Curbed]
- Schaumburg may end ban on e-scooter and skateboard riding on sidewalks [Daily Herald]
- Man grabbing cell phones from pedestrians while riding a Divvy bike [Sun-Times]
- Valparaiso expanding bus route to Indiana Dunes train station [Post-Tribune]
- Wall Street Journal looks into the rising Great Lakes and effects on Chicago [WSJ]
- Join the South Side Critical Mass on the first Friday of each month [Facebook]
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– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago
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