Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 1
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9:43 AM CDT on July 1, 2021
- Transit Union claims the possibility of posting armed guards on CTA is on the table (CBS)
- Hit-and-run driver injured pedestrian in Schererville, Indiana (NWI Times)
- $20.3 Million Fulton Market streetscape project finished after four years (Block Club)
- Ravinia ticket-holders can use their concert ticket to ride Metra to the show (Tribune)
- Block Club looks at the Folded Map Project, confronting harmful narratives South & West sides
- 19-story life sciences building with 210 parking spots pitched for Fulton Market (Block Club)
- Wheel & Sprocket opens new store in Park Ridge (Biz Journal)
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