Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 22
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8:59 AM CDT on May 22, 2020
- While IL restaurants can offer outdoor dining 5/29, Chicago won’t participate (Tribune)
- Uptown alderman: Area must become more ped-friendly in response to C-19 (Block Club)
- Driver killed Carlos Maciel-Paulido, 31, in Wheeling, ran into house, and fled (Sun-Times)
- Motorist died after running red, crashing through guardrail into Kankakee River (CBS)
- Bus driver is sixth CTA employee to die from the coronavirus (Sun-Times)
- Zotti: Ventra cards could be used for contact tracing (Sun-Times)
- Hinsdale school parking garage is costing $9.6M, more that twice what was projected (Tribune)
- More walk/bike etiquette tips during the pandemic (Sun-Times)
- Virtual town hall on CTA Lawrence to Bryn Mawr modernization project on 6/4, 6 PM
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