Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 11
By AJ LaTrace
- Senate approves $1 trillion infrastructure bill (Crain's, Sun-Times)
- West Side rail line could be converted into an elevated trail like the 606 (Block Club)
- Last night's extreme weather caused power outages and transit delays (CBS 2)
- More coverage on Metra and CTA delays caused by last night's storm (WGN)
- As of this morning, more than 100,000 people were still without power (Sun-Times)
- There's a shortage of school bus drivers in the suburbs (Fox 32)
- World Naked Bike Ride returns to Chicago this weekend (Time Out)
- Aurora's "Green Mile" bike lane needs repairs (Aurora Beacon News)
- Tom Carper, Amtrak board member and former mayor of Macomb writes an opinion piece in The Hill about why trains matter
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