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CTA, Pace to issue shared passes next year

“We’re thrilled to partner with the CTA on these changes which will open more doors to employment, education, and essential services throughout our region,” said Pace Executive Director Melinda Metzger.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Mayoral hopefuls agree solving crime is the answer — no matter what the question

Candidates often veered back to crime and public safety when answering questions on the CTA, businesses leaving the city and other matters at the forum, which was held on the Northwest Side.

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City Council must vote to keep Red Line extension plan on track

It’s a potential win for the city — and we certainly could use a few Ws these days — as well as the South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

A budget cliff is looming for Chicago transit agencies, and fare hikes and service cuts might not be able to fill it

In November 2019, people trying to get to work or take weekend outings in Chicagoland crammed themselves onto the “L,” public buses and commuter trains at least 39.6 million times.

Chicago Tribune

Red Line South TIF approved by City Council committee

The primary opposition came from Budget Committee Chair Pat Dowell (3rd) and former longtime Transportation Committee Chairman Anthony Beale (9th), whose Far South Side constituents would benefit the most.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vallas unveils crime-fighting plan to reverse ‘utter breakdown of law and order’

Mayoral challenger says he would fire Police Supt. David Brown, fill 1,600 police vacancies and push “resources to the district level.”

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City announces permanent bus lanes on Chicago Avenue; advocates worry about enforcement, frequency

Despite the city making “important changes,” activists worry infrequent service and scofflaw motorists will undermine the changes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Teen charged in fatal shooting on Red Line may have been threatened with knife, his lawyer says

Cook County prosecutors acknowledge that Diunte Moon was holding “a very small pocketknife” when he was shot multiple times this summer.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA supports reopening Racine station on Green Line

The opening or re-opening of a rail station can invigorate communities and attract new jobs, opportunities and development.

Chicago Sun-Times

1 dead in fiery crash on Dan Ryan. Outbound lanes closed, CTA Red Line trains halted

Another person injured in the crash was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where their condition was stabilized.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA employee charged with stealing over $350,000 from the agency’s pension fund

Ayanna Nesbitt, who handled pension payments for the CTA, was charged with five counts of wire fraud.

Chicago Sun-Times

Reopen long-shuttered Green Line L station in Englewood

Public transit investment is either an important factor in rebuilding disinvested communities — that’s part of the justification for the planned $3.6 billion Red Line extension — or it isn’t.

Chicago Sun-Times

As someone who peacefully rode Chicago’s public transit for 30 years, today’s CTA violence shocks me

As a South Sider, I rode the Red Line to and from downtown, and I never once saw an act of violence in the train cars or on the platforms.

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Decades after Racine Green Line station closed, Englewood activists renew push to reopen it

The Racine station on the Green Line closed in 1994 when the rest of the line was renovated. Now, some residents are trying to get a referendum on the ballot to measure public support for bringing it back.

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge acquits Chicago cop in shooting of unarmed man at CTA Red Line station, saying victim not credible on stand

Officer Melvina Bogard argued she was trying to protect herself when she shot Ariel Roman on Feb. 28, 2020, but Roman’s attorney contended the officer’s claim “completely contradicts the clear video evidence.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Man who torched CTA van in 2020 summer rioting gets 3-plus years

A judge sentences Denzal Stewart to 3 years and 9 months for conspiracy to commit arson and civil disorder. Stewart and two others set fire to a CTA van on State Street.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA announces holiday train and bus schedules

The festive trains and buses are ready to light up the city again.

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Hundreds turn out for CTA job fair

“CTA is an essential part of Chicago. People rely on us but we can’t do it without the manpower,” a CTA manager said.

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Police to increase presence on CTA during busy holiday shopping season

More officers will be patrolling downtown business district stations as stores open earlier and close later, Chicago Police Commander Joe Bird said.

Chicago Sun-Times

The state should help fund CTA’s proposed Red Line extension

This extension will support the economic engine of the state, creating jobs, expanding economic development and industry, contributing to state coffers and bringing people back to Chicago and Illinois to live, work, raise families and invest.

Chicago Sun-Times

Unlocking a painful wartime past through photographs

American Heroes: Portraits of Service, a permanent photographic exhibition, opened last week at Midway Airport.

Chicago Sun-Times

Red Line extension needlessly caught in the switches due to CTA/City Council beef

If there’s any chance at all to rebuild and repopulate the Far South Side, the Red Line extension is key — and far too important to be caught in a standoff between the CTA president and the City Council.

Chicago Sun-Times

Red Line extension is more than a transportation story

Extending the Red Line to the Far South Side is also about housing, jobs and economic development and opportunity.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: California voters don't like where the state's headed. But they still want Newsom in office

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Most California voters think the state is headed in the wrong direction, yet they intend to reelect the governor who's leading us there. That seems wrongheaded.

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