Today’s Headlines for Monday, July 12
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AJ LaTrace
9:15 AM CDT on July 12, 2021
- Moody’s has upgraded CTA bonds after the state and RTA bond outlooks were raised (Crain’s)
- CTA renting the former Northwestern College facility for training (Nadig Newspapers)
- Musicians turn to parking garages as rehearsal and practice spaces (Chicago Tribune)
- Boy in electric wheelchair told he couldn’t cool down at Crown Fountain by security (ABC 7)
- NW Indiana banks pledge to finance transit-oriented development near the South Shore Line (NWI.com)
- New $53 million indoor track and field facility opens in the Pullman neighborhood (Block Club)
- Another look at the big leap in CTA ridership in recent months (Mass Transit Mag)
- Some Chicago-area viaducts are over a century old but still provide huge value (Daily Southtown)
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