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• Block Club: "Mayor Delays Final Vote On 2025 Budget"
• Man who fatally stabbed ex-girlfriend Samantha Maldonado, 26, in March 2023 on platform of Adams/Wabash station sentenced to 41 years (ABC)
• CBS: "Extreme cold causes morning delays on Metra, CTA trains due to cracked rails"
• Once again, balanced reporting on Tuesday's community meeting on the proposed Chicago Avenue PBL extension by Evanston Now's Matthew Eadie
• Once again, RoundTable favors driver POV, giving parking complainer 2X as much ink as 5 PBL advocates, w/o mentioning she owns 1 or 2 garage spaces
• Last year, complainer Laura Kushner launched a petition dubiously claiming a new affordable development with onsite parking "will further constrain parking"
• Tribune: "Clarendon Hills police [promote] safety for teens on e-bikes"
• CTA: "In Time for the Holidays: Cleaning Crews Wrap Up 'Refresh & Renew' 2024"
• Block Club: "Old Town Neighbors Oppose [Transit-Friendly] Apartment Tower Plan Despite Positive Traffic Study Results"
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