Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 16
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• Governor Pritzker signs the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act today at 10:30 AM at Union Station. Watch online here.
• Mayor’s Office claims he’s *not* planning to defund Chicago’s safety infra budget by 70% to fund CFD back pay & CPD settlements. (Bluesky, Twitter)
• “CTA submits safety plan to FTA after threat of funding cuts” (ABC)
• “4 More Bus Routes Will Be Added to CTA’s ’10 Minutes or Sooner’ Initiative” (WTTW)
• “CTA inches closer to green-lighting improvements for 5 busy corridors” (Sun-Times)
• “Teen, woman stabbed near CTA station in downtown Chicago”Monday around 10 PM near Washington-Wabash stop (CBS)
• “Yellow Line service suspended due to track conditions, CTA says” (ABC)
• “Group Planning 2,000 Affordable Homes For South, West Sides Wins $10 Million Chicago Prize” (Block Club)
• “Rediscovering an overlooked linchpin of Illinois industry: Bicycling” (WGLT)
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– John Greenfield, editor
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