Today’s Headlines for Friday, April 23
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9:46 AM CDT on April 23, 2021
- On Earth Day, ATA asked IL Congressional delegation for a historic investment in transit
- All-affordable TOD next to Logan station could be finished by end of year (Block Club)
- At South Loop bus station, volunteers see signs of increased immigration (Sun-Times)
- Joshua Deac, 17, dead after teen driver of car he was riding in failed to yield while making left (Tribune)
- 2 drivers crash into restaurant at Montrose/Drake in Albany Park (CBS)
- Man arrested after “viciously attacking” woman on Blue Line near Oak Park station (Sun-Times)
- Cops fired twice on the Bloomingdale Trail at 7 AM while chasing carjacking suspect (WGN)
- Metra is looking to install batteries on three older locomotives (IRJ)
- Geoffrey Baer explains what’s up with the Green Line bridge at 59th Street (WTTW)
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