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The Latest Breaking News from 130th Street

As Red Line extension advances, a cheaper way hides in plain sight

The CTA’s $3.7 billion plan to extend rail service to 130th Street overlaps rail service already in place.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 25, 2023

Funding for Red Line extension approved, straw purchaser of gun used to kill Officer Ella French sentenced and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 14, 2022

Richard J. Daley talked about it, Lightfoot delivered: City Council approves mass transit TIF to help bankroll Red Line South extension

The City Council on Wednesday created a new transit tax increment financing district to bankroll about one-fourth — $959 million — of the cost of extending the CTA’s Red Line from 95th Street to 130th Street and building four new stations along the way.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 14, 2022

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Man charged with firing gun on Pace bus on the Bishop Ford

He was riding on the southbound bus near 130th Street when he tried to strike a juvenile passenger with the handgun at it discharged, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 4, 2022

CTA funding plan for $3.6 billon Red Line extension uses almost $1 billion in property taxes

To extend the Red Line to 130th Street, the CTA hopes to land a $2.16 billion federal grant and must come up with $1.44 billion to match it. To do that, it plans to raise $950 million through a special tax district for transit projects.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 2, 2022

Man fatally shot on Bishop Ford Freeway near 130th Street, state police say

State troopers responded to the shooting at about 11:40 a.m., according to state police.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 30, 2022

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