Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 22
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9:30 AM CDT on October 22, 2021
- CTA 2022 budget calls for maintaining service levels, no fare hikes, cutting pass costs (Tribune)
- Encuentro Square, 100-unit affordable housing project near Bloomingdale Trail, coming in 2022 (Block Club)
- Police release description of car whose driver critically injured pedestrian in Chicago Lawn (Sun-Times)
- Cop faces firing for allegedly detaining CTA employee who accused fellow officer of misconduct (Sun-Times)
- Could Evanston get a 606-style elevated rails-to-trails? (Chicago NUMTOT)
- Morton Grove close to establishing new TIF aimed at generating development near Metra station (Tribune)
- Here’s a searchable map of public bathrooms in Chicago (Tribune)
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