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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 7

9:20 AM CDT on April 7, 2022

    • Ald. Reilly pushes back on Lightfoot's plan to subsidize driving, calls for CTA improvements instead (WTTW)
    • 2 hurt after speeding SUV driver crashes into parked car, building in Woodlawn (WGN)
    • 3-vehicle crash involving semi driver spills sand over on I-94 northbound at 95th, shutting it down (Fox)
    • Three people stabbed and robbed man, 26, at Cermak-McCormick Place Green station (WGN)
    • CTA passengers: In the wake of 3/9 security strategy announcement, the system still doesn't feel safer (CBS)
    • Chicago Magazine looks at Burnside, the tiny triangular Far South Side community defined by railroads
    • Here's how to get to today's (chilly) opening day at Wrigley Field by transit and bike (NBC, Cubs)

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