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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.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

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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.

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Unlocking a painful wartime past through photographs

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA chief says Ghost Bus fixes are coming, won’t commit to meeting with City Council

In a talk with the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. acknowledges the transit agency’s shortcomings, defends decisions to address them.

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City Council member wants to compel regular testimony from CTA president

The Transportation Committee has repeatedly summoned transit agency leader Dorval Carter Jr., but he has ignored them, sending underlings instead.

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CTA updating rail schedules; says goal is improving trackers, service

CTA has been inundated with complaints from riders, and elected officials over unreliable service, inaccurate transit trackers and extended wait times for trains.

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Embattled CPD Supt. David Brown takes his turn on City Council hot seat

“I’ve been here for two-and-a-half years. It feels like 10,” Brown tells alderpersons at a City Council budget hearing.

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An immigrant’s struggle for stability in Chicago, CTA’s new budget and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Tribune

What can convince Chicagoans to rely less on cars? City aims to make ‘transit-oriented development’ the answer

In the illustration, a sun-splashed residential block is lined with spindly trees as tall as the buildings, a bike lane bustles with riders, people cross the street by foot or wheelchair — and there’s not a driver in sight. “Make streets safer for Chicagoans who walk, bike, roll and ride,”…

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