Today’s Headlines for Wednesday June 22
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12:50 PM CDT on June 22, 2022
- ATA on aldermanic effort to allow speeding by 9 mph: “This is not the time to let drivers off the hook” (Block Club)
- A man is in grave condition after shooting on Red Line train near 47th following altercation (WGN)
- CTA riders exit stopped train due to heat, walk down subway tunnel to station (FOX)
- Metra brings back Saturday excursions on Heritage Corridor (Trains.com)
- Metra earmarks $1 million to design Congress Park Station upgrade in Brookfield (RB Landmark)
- Openlands, Blacks in Green: To fight climate change, Chicago should maintain, strengthen its tree canopy (Tribune)
- Metra parking lot concerts tune up for start of pandemic-born music series in Barrington (Tribune)
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