Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 1

• Aurora DUI suspect allegedly spat at police, said he might have COVID-19 (Tribune)
• Driver charged with DUI, child endangerment after Aurora crash (FOX)
• Hotel Essex will offer free parking, rooms, meals to exhausted first-responders (Sun-Times)
• Police ordered to block access to West Side blocks — but is it constitutional? (Sun-Times)
• 41sr St. bike/ped bridge named project of the year, best landscape, urban development (ENR)
• Ald. Reilly wants riverwalk reopened for bike commuting, mayor refuses: “You know the rules, and so do I” (Loop News)
• Kamin took our advice? Wrote about cool architecture to view during pandemic (Tribune)

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