Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 7
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• Sen. Villivilam and Clean Jobs Coalition, who previously called for merging transit agencies, back new bill calling for big changes but not a merger (WTTW)
• Op-ed by labor leaders backing the new bill: “We’ve given the Legislature a blueprint to meet public transit challenges” (Crain’s)
• Forest Park’s Mayor Hoskins throws support behind merging CTA, Metra, Pace (Forest Park Review)
• $27 million settlement proposed for family of Angela Park, who was hit the door of an SUV whose driver was fleeing police (Sun-Times)
• Metra UP-W service disrupted after driver gets car stuck on tracks near Elmhurst (ABC)
• CTA: “There Is No Better Way to Travel to the Nation’s Biggest Auto Show Than By Bus or Train!” Yep, transit is the best way to see death machines there.
• Block Club: “Blue Azul Center Will Bring Mental Health And Fitness Services To Vacant Auburn Gresham Land”
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