Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 27
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• “‘He would choose to do it again’: Vigil held for Buffalo Grove High School security guard who died shielding students from crash” (Herald)
• More coverage of Friday’s Red Line Extension groundbreaking (Block Club, Sun-Times, Tribune, NBC, ABC, WTTW, YIMBY)
• “Experts raise concerns about CTA after Yellow Line derailment in Rogers Park” (CBS)
• ELPC’s Howard Learner’s Earth Day to-do list for Illinois includes “Making Chicago’s regional transit system work much better.” (Tribune)
• What Ride Illinois did on its 2026 Bike & Trail Lobby Day
• “Letters: City leaders should think long and hard about food delivery robots on our sidewalks,” plus discussion of proposed e-bike, e-scooter legislation (Tribune)
• Letter: “CHA blew it in passing on Walter Burnett’s leadership” (Sun-Times)
• Check out the professional-looking website for Friends of the Crosstown Trail: “A rails-to-trails conversion on Chicago’s Northwest side”
• “Due to the potential for severe storms we will be canceling our rally [on Archer] and ride tomorrow Monday 4/27″ (Gage Park Cyclists)
• Will the Archer Guardians opponents show up and hang out in their cars blasting prerecorded slogans again?
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