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transportation
  • by david hall
CTA touts record ridership since pandemic as boss feels the heat

The CTA said it recorded its highest ridership day since 2020 on May 8, with more than a million rides. The rosy news comes amid growing calls for CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. to step down.

money
  • by david hall
Land O'Frost to close Pullman manufacturing plant, cut 215 jobs

Headquartered in Munster, Indiana, the company said it's the country’s largest family-owned packaged meats manufacturer and it has about 1,500 employees.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Fare question: Why has Mayor Brandon Johnson resisted demands to fire CTA President Dorval Carter Jr.?

Carter has delivered on the promise then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel made in 2015 — that Carter would win federal funding for major projects. But he has failed at day-to-day operations and customer service, mass transit experts say.

politics
  • by david hall
Civic Federation urges 'cautious' spending, warns of 'looming fiscal crisis' for transit agencies

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's $800 million in tax changes and enhancements would help close the state's budget deficit, the group noted, but "further tax increases could prove unsustainable for taxpayers given the State's already high tax burden."