Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 9
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• “One Month Into Trump’s Immigration Blitz, Chicago Escalates Its Fight Back” (Block Club)
• Letter: “In the Tribune Editorial Board’s ‘both sides’ representation of the situation, it has lost all journalistic integrity.”
• Willie Wilson: USDOT blocking grants over DBE is racist, as was Sen. Durbin asking that I not be allowed to provide pro-National Guard testimony (Tribune)
• Taxpayers’ Federation projects RTA will finish 2025 with at least $200M more in sales tax and matching state revenues than what was expected (Capitol Fax)
• House Majority Leader Robyn Gabel said Dems in Springfield are still eyeing a more long-term solution to the transit cliff (Evanston Now)
• “Advocates Say Black Communities Are Left Out of Regional Transit Reform Debate” (WTTW)
• CTA: “We’re proud to welcome our 72 graduates to the Bus Maintenance, Bus Operations and Rail Operations Departments!”
• Letter: “‘Save Edgewater’ denies today’s housing crisis because it helped create it. The Broadway land use framework offers a better path” (Sun-Times)
• “Bernard Joseph Ford, former CTA executive director, dies at 89” (Tribune)
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