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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 7

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ATA: "Coalition calls for a CDOT leader focused on equitable and sustainable mobility." Activists opposed last year's pick of Tom "Master of Potholes" Carney.

• "A 16-year-old girl was seriously injured in a stabbing near the Roosevelt Red Line station in the South Loop Tuesday night" (FOX)

• Block Club: "Alderpeople around Chicago say the city needs a more straightforward, consistent and effective approach to encampments."

• Springfield politics blog Capitolfax mentioned our interview with House Speaker Chris Welch on what's going on with transit funding negotiations

• Chicago’s Metra battles ‘tracks-on-fire’ myth about flaming switch heaters (Trains.com)

• "If there's something weird / And it don't look good / Who you gonna call?" "'Ghost buses' busted in CTA tracking apps" (WBEZ)

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