Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 11

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• “CTA Completes 2025 ‘Refresh & Renew’ Program”

• “CTA Study Could Yield Bus Lanes, Improvements On Major Streets Like Cottage Grove, 55th” (Block Club)

• More on yesterday’s CTA board meeting: “Board vacancy an opportunity for Johnson before he loses mayoral control of transit agency” (Tribune)

• Man charged with setting woman on fire on CTA, indicted for separate March attack (CBS)

• “CTA Releases Next Step Toward Piloting New Solutions to Support, Engage with Unhoused Riders, Riders Experiencing Mental Health Crisis, Youth”

• “Trump admin defunds funding threats over CTA safety” (Fox)

• Steinberg: “Despite City and businesses all being responsible for cleaning snow from Chicago bus stops, the snow still manages to pile up.” (Sun-Times)

• “Developers seek City Council OK for Foundry Park at former Lincoln Yards” (Crain’s)

• A manifesto from the owners of Igor Does Your Bike, calling on CDOT to take protected bike lane plowing as seriously as the City takes “car” lane plowing.

• “Editorial: Chill out aldermen, the delivery robots are cute” (Tribune)

• “With Morgan Park Commons Approval, Long-Vacant South Side ‘Eyesore’ To Become Housing, Retail” (Block Club)

• DePaul Cleared To Build New Athletic Complex In Lincoln Park, Replacing Century-Old Homes,” including 1890s rowhouses (Block Club)

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– John Greenfield, editor