Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 13
- CPS Teachers narrowly approve school reopening deal, but COVID-19 safety concerns linger (Block Club)
- UIC researcher Stacey Sutton discusses the findings of her speed camera report (ABC)
- Mark A. Molitoris, 45, fatally struck by a driver in Joliet (Patch)
- 4 people shot near 63rd/King Green Line station Wednesday night (WGN)
- A driver crashed through the wall of a Brighton Park clinic (ABC)
- Railroad worker union and Metra reach tentative contract agreement (Progressive Railroading)
- Greektown developer wins a reduction in car spots from 80 to 27, since Halsted is a P-street (YIMBY)
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