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• Person injured after reportedly walking into the side of a Metra BNSF train as it approached Aurora Station Monday afternoon, disrupting train service (NBC)
• Trump's USDOT chief IDs Blue Line attack victim, blames criminal justice system for repeat offender being on the street, as did Mayor Johnson (NBC)
• ..."Women deserve to feel safe," Ald. Gardiner (45) tells Fox News in response to the attack
• ...Ironic, since he previously got in trouble for using profane, misogynistic language against women, including Ward 32 COS (People's Fabric, Sun-Times)
• ...Here are some public safety strategies included in Illinois' new transit reform/funding bill that passed last month.
• Block Club picks up the story of the 49th Ward reopening the Glenwood Alfresco car-free space to drivers
• "Morgan Park Commons Residential And Retail Project Moves ‘One Step Closer’ To Reviving Vacant Site" (Block Club)
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