Sunday, March 16, 2025

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transportation
  • by david hall
Traffic may 'grind to a halt' after transit COVID-19 grants run out, RTA warns

On the one hand, the state could increase transit spending to reach the "regional transit" model. On the other, commuters could see their travel times nearly double if the state does not commit more tax dollars to public transit.

immigration
  • by david hall
12 migrants taken to hospitals with possible food poisoning

The call came in from a shelter at 1310 N. Elston Ave. about 1:30 p.m. and 12 adults were taken to four different local hospitals, though it was not “life threatening,” fire officials told the Sun-Times Thursday afternoon.

2024-democratic-national-convention
  • by david hall
Poor People's Army plans to march to 'front doors' of the DNC next week — but not ‘to cause a ruckus’

The Philadelphia-based group was granted a permit to march during the Democratic National Convention on a technicality. The city of Chicago failed to respond to the application within its own 10-day deadline.

crime
  • by david hall
Wicked Town defendant gets 32 years for sending friend to his death, acting as ‘the jury, the judge, executioner’

The dramatic sentencing hearing Thursday stemmed from the feds’ prosecution of the Wicked Town street gang, which U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin called the “most vicious gang ever prosecuted in this building.”