Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 8
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• “Trailer bill tweaking some parts of state’s transit bill could surface when General Assembly reconvenes, legislative leaders said Wednesday” (Herald)
• “Commuters adjust to State and Lake CTA Station closure after return from holiday season” (WGN)
• Medical emergency Wednesday around 7 AM at Berwyn Station was a case of a woman fatally struck by train (Sun-Times)
• Coroner: Forensic and video evidence indicate Allen Chiquini, 30, boarded a Metra train going the wrong direction and died after trying to exit it (ABC)
• …GoFundMe launched to cover Chiquini’s funeral expenses (LMS)
• Man guilty of pushing Schwa chef onto Division Blue tracks in 11/22, breaking his jaw, and breaking nose of arresting officer, sentenced to 12 years (ABC)
• Man, 19, charged with felonies in 10/12 beating and robbery of man, 23, as part of a group on Red Line train near 69th (Fox)
• Transit advocate and policy analyst Nik Hunder shot a GoPro video of walking entire length of Western in Chicago, sped up to *only* 4 hours
• Is the “25 minutes just to find parking to pick up a to-go order” on Milwaukee in Logan, supposedly due to PBLs, in the room with us now? (Tribune)
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