Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 17
- Controversial new ward map approved with 16 Black, 14 Latino, 1 Asian ward, plus wild gerrymandering (Block Club)
- More than 1,000 people filled the streets for Chicago abortion rights rally last weekend (Block Club)
- School bus driver fatally strikes 3-year-old boy in northwest-suburban Cary (ABC)
- Motorcyclist dies after collision with ambulance in Waukegan (NBC)
- Police: 2 officers injured after Jeep driver ran red light in Chicago Heights (Patch)
- Woman, 27, attacked and robbed Monday at 1:30 AM at Jackson Red Line station (CBS)
- ELPC launches petition calling on the CTA to pilot 5 BRT routes in the next five years
- Alderpeople fight for public restroom pilot: "This is something that benefits everybody" (Block Club)
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