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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 30

    • Active Trans joins coalition supporting Pritzker's graduated "Fair Tax" proposal
    • Technology department employee is 4th CTA worker to die of COVID-19 (Sun-Times)
    • Speeding driver runs red in Loop, T-boning CTA bus and injuring 4 people (Sun-Times)
    • Semi driver overturns truck on Tri-State Tollway, blocking southbound traffic (ABC)
    • Friends of the Chicago River: Here's why we should make the river a "blue-green corridor" (Sun-Times)
    • 20-unit TOD apartment complex opens near BNSF Line in Downers Grove (Connect Chicago)
    • Yes, you can ride a bicycle in Chicago during Stay at Home (Cycling Chicago)

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