Saturday, March 15, 2025

Search results for keyword: transportation found in 149 News.

environment
  • by david hall
Protesters demand City Council member withdraw support for Ozinga mining operation on Southeast Side

Around 50 opponents of the Invert, a massive underground development plan, disrupted a town hall after Ald. Peter Chico proposed reversing a city law to allow mining.

crime
  • by david hall
CTA riders, victims recall robberies, attacks: 'I'm very paranoid'

Four robberies or beatings occurred on the Red Line from May 6-10, carried out by at least four young women and a male, Chicago police said in a community alert.

health
  • by david hall
Zantac exec testifies on claims that heat degraded heartburn drug into cancer-causing substance

The plaintiff's lawyers argue the drug degraded into NDMA when exposed to hot, humid conditions. A Boehringer Ingelheim executive testified refrigeration was never required in any stage of production, transport or sale.

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."