Today’s Headlines for Monday, June 2
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• More coverage of “The Night the Transit Funding Bill Didn’t Go Down in Springfield”: (CapitolFax, Sun-Times, Block Club, Crain’s, Trains, Herald, Axios)
• Driver strikes and injures woman, 61, Sunday 11 PM on outbound Eisenhower Expressway near Pulaski (Sun-Times)
• Block Club: “Man Shot By Police After Driving Away From Scene Of A Fight And Striking An Officer, Authorities Say”
• Block Club: “60-Unit ‘Passive Living’ Affordable Housing Breaks Ground” at 3831 W. Chicago, about a mile from Pulaski Green stop w/ 48 car spots
• Porter County, IN health department gives adult trikes to lower income residents, including those with balance issues, for transportation (Post-Tribune)
• The rainbow (transit) connection: “CTA Unveils 2025 Pride Train and Ventra Card Designs Celebrating Pride”
• Op-ed from former CTA chief Forrest Claypool: “Can bond vigilantes save Chicago?” (Tribune)
• Author event for book about cycling around Lake Michigan Thurs. 6/5, 7 PM at Lilliput Books, 2150 N. Halsted St., owned by The Chainlink’s Yasmeen Schuller
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