Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 3

• More affordable housing could come to S., W. Sides with new $330M loan program (Block Club)
• Sun-Times: By not collecting tickets, Union Pacific hurts everybody who rides Metra
• Director of People for Community Recovery argues the S. Red Line extension is needed (Defender)
• Da’Karia Spicer, 10, killed and brother, 5, critically injured in car crash; suspect in custody (ABC)
• AARP talks with the Far South Side’s “Bike Lady,” Ms. Deloris Lucas
• Help! They’re planning to remove the bike racks at my workplace (The Chainlink)
• Bike columnist Ralph Banasiak provides a preview of the 9/15 Illinois Bike Summit (Herald)

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