Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 16
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9:00 AM CDT on March 16, 2020
- As commuters stay home during pandemic, Metra waives monthly pass refund fees (Tribune)
- Amidst the pandemic, foolish people packed bars for St. Patrick’s pub crawls (Block Club)
- Driver strikes man filming long lines at CostCo in Niles (NBC)
- Man in ski mask stabs man and boy at Argyle station (NBC)
- Lipinski filed legislation to turn operational control of Union Station over to Metra (Crain’s)
- Navy Pier Flyover delayed yet again due to problems with 1930s-era LSD bridge (Tribune)
- Streetsblog Chicago received the 2020 nonprofit leadership award from Active Trans
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