Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 20

• Shocker! A sensible passage about the $770M transit fiscal cliff from the Tribune's editorial on the new state budget

By John Greenfield

9:08 AM CST on February 20, 2025

Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 20

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• Shocker! A sensible passage about the $770M transit fiscal cliff from the Tribune’s editorial on the new state budget

• More coverage of Council’s vote to disregard data from other cities and maintain dangerous speed limit (Sun-Times, Block Club, WTTW, Axios, Crain’s)

• Infiniti driver fatally struck Derrick Davis, 54, crossing 7-lane Rte. 59 near Aurora’s Fox Valley Mall Tuesday around 8:45 AM, no citations (ABC)

• “Metra Board approves $8.7 million contract for 115th Station rehab”

• Driver charged with reckless homicide and DUI following collision with Metra Electric Line train that killed one person and injured three, including the motorist

• Block Club: “‘Car Flippers’ Beware: City Approves Crackdown On Unlicensed Sellers Gobbling Up Street Parking'”

• Zoning Committee approves 29-story tower with eighty $1-7M condos at 1325 W. Fulton St., 0.4 miles from Pink/Green ‘L’ stop (Block Club)

• 44 affordable units, 11 car spots, coming to 6301 S. Western in Chicago Lawn neighborhood, at intersection of two priority bus lines (Block Club)

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John Greenfield

In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.

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