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Your transportation related headlines for Friday, May 3rd, 2024

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THIN BLUE LINE: Chicago Mayor Panics, Runs From Reporters Asking About Slain Cop’s Funeral – John Kass News; Service Honors Fallen Illinois Police Officers In 2023 – Center Square; 8 Years For Driver Who Rammed Cop On Lake Shore Drive, Tried To Escape From Police Station – CWB Chicago; 5 Years After Shooting Put Him in a Coma, Chicago Police Officer Reflects on the Road to Recovery: I’ve Learned to Forgive – Chicago Tonight

Chicago City Council Ponders Draconian City Speed Limit Of 25 MPH – Chicago Streetsblog – OUR VIEW: LOWER SPEED LIMIT WILL ONLY ADD TO THE CITY’S CROOKED SPEED CAMERA REVENUE — Move Faces Fierce Opposition; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 25 MPH Speed Limits Won’t Make Streets Safer – Chicago Sun-Times

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.93 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.38 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Jumps To $4.67 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 8TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Is $3.67 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

CHI-EXIT: Dysfunctional Illinois Sees Population Crash – Daily Caller

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Cop Killer Faces Carjacking Charges As Well – ABC 7 Chicago

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Pritzker Doubles Down With $827 Million Of Taxpayer Money For Expansion By Troubled Electric Vehicle Maker, Rivian – Wirepoints; EVs Are The Most Expensive Vehicles To Operate Over 1,000 Miles, According To iSeeCars – Autoblog; Cadillac Won’t Stop Selling Gas Cars – Road & Track; Biden Bungles EV Transition – The Hill; Manchin Blasts Leeway In Biden’s EV Tax Credit Rule: Outrageous And Illegal – The Hill

Illinois State Police Release Distracted Driving Enforcement Numbers For April – Joliet Herald News/Shaw Local

CDOT Bike Boondoggle Will Kill Scarce Parking Spots In Ravenswood — Include A Dangerous Wrong Way Bike Lane That Puts Bikers/Drivers On A Collision Course – Block Club Chicago

Can Chicago Handle DNC Street Mobs – Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s Shrinking Pride Parade: Police Want To Shorten Route After City Already Cut Entries – Block Club Chicago

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lawmakers Should Stop A Bill That Calls For Ignoring Credit And Gender In Car Insurance Pricing – Crain’s Chicago Business

A New City Study Lays Out A Plan For Revitalizing A 2-Mile Stretch Of Harlem Avenue, An Area Local Business Owners Said Is A ‘Window Of Real Authenticity And Culture’ For Italian Families In Chicago – Block Club Chicago

Large Uptown Sinkhole Traps SUV – Block Club Chicago

Demolition Starts On Exterior Of Loop Landmark Thompson Center – Chicago Sun-Times

ROAD TRIP: Celebrate Route 66 This Weekend – Illinois NPR

North Western Avenue Project To Have 8 Units, 8 Parking Spaces – Chicago Urbanize

Hundreds Of STEAM Students Got To Be NASCAR Engineers For 2nd Annual STEAM Fest – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Illinois Taxpayer Cost To Consolidate Transit System Could Be Out $1.5 Billion – Center Square; ‘Chicago Should Stay Chicago’: McHenry County Leaders Fret About Possible CTA, Metra, Pace Merger. They Worry About Diluting Local Voices On Board And Taking On CTA Debt – Northwest Herald/Shaw Local

CTA CRIME CRISIS: Man Stabbed At CTA Division Blue Line Station – CWB Chicago; Police Looking For Robbery Suspect Who Punched Woman At CTA Red Line Harrison Street Platform – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

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Your transportation related headlines for Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

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Chicago City Council Ponders Lowering Speed Limits, But Questions Abound – NBC 5 Chicago, Chicago Tonight, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times – OUR VIEW: LOWER SPEED LIMIT WILL ONLY ADD TO THE CITY’S CROOKED SPEED CAMERA REVENUE — Move Faces Fierce Opposition

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.95 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.38 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.66 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 8TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.68 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

CHI-EXIT: As Former Loop Workers No Longer Commute Downtown, Restaurant Suffer – Crain’s Chicago Business; Mostly-Empty Former Salesforce Office Property Hits The Market – Crain’s Chicago Business; Pritzker Rejects Bears Plan For Taxpayer Funded Stadium To Keep Team In Chicago – Center Square

Got ’Em! Man Accused Of Killing Chicago Cop Luis Huesca During A Carjacking Is In Custody, Official Says – CWB Chicago

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Chicago Man Sentenced For UPS Truck Robbery, Spate Of Carjackings – Fox 32 Chicago; Chicago Man Convicted On Federal Carjacking And Firearm Charges – Southland Journal

Burglars Drive Off With Several Vehicles Overnight At Bronzeville Dealership – Chicago Tribune

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Even Though Consumer Are Rejecting Electric Vehicles, Sun-Times Wants To Flush State Tax Dollars Down The EV Toilet – Chicago Sun-Times; As Electric Vehicle Demand Collapses, Stellantis Goes Back To Gas Engines To Meet Demand – Autoblog

Illinois EV Maker Rivian Will Add Over 500 Jobs In Normal To Make New SUV – Crain’s Chicago Business

Bill Nixing Senior Driving Test Hits House Roadblock, Senate Version Still Going – Chicago Daily Herald

Illinois Bill Would Combat Catalytic Converter Thefts, Lawmaker Says – NBC 5 Chicago

Hyundai, Kia To Host 3-Day Clinic To Provide Free Anti-Theft Software For Car Owners – ABC 7 Chicago

CDOT Wants More Traffic Blocking Bus Lanes — This Time For Division Street In Humboldt Park – Block Club Chicago

GOP Legislation Would Increase Penalties For Fleeing Police – Center Square

CTA CRIME CRISIS: Man Attacked CTA Passenger With A Knife In The Loop, Chicago Police Say – CWB Chicago

Transit Dead Enders Embrace New Agency To Bail Out Failed Transit Agencies – Chicago Streetsblog, Chicago Streetsblog

The Transit Fiscal Cliff – Governing

EDITORIAL: All Aboard The Newly Expanded South Shore Line – Chicago Tribune

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Your transportation related headlines for Wednesday, May 1st, 2024

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Chicago Parking Meters Owners Say City Hall Owes Millions For Not Properly Enforcing Parking Rules – Cook County Record

Tinfoil Hat Wing Nut Car Haters In City Council Want Chicago To Impose A Draconian Citywide 25 MPH Speed Limit — SOMETHING THAT WILL ONLY ADD TO THE CITY’S CROOKED SPEED CAMERA REVENUE — Move Faces Fierce Opposition – Chicago Tribune

The Policy Shop: Chicago’s $879 Million Traffic Ticket Camera Cash-In – Illinois Policy Institute

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.95 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.39 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.67 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 8TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Is $3.67 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Gas Taxes Will Increase July 1 – Capitol News Illinois

CHI-EXIT: As Former Workers, Visitors No Longer Go Downtown, Loop, Michigan Avenue Offices Go On Sale – Crain’s Chicago Business

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Carjacking In Park Ridge – Park Ridge Herald-Advocate

Ride Share Passenger Takes Off With Vehicle In Old Town – Chicago Sun-Times

Thieves Target Law Enforcement Vehicles In Edison Park, Oriole Park, Wildwood, Chicago Police Say – ABC 7 Chicago

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Sky-High Depreciation And Massive Repair Bills Force Hertz To Sell 30,000 EVs – Jalopnik

New Wheels For Sgt. Ernie After Community Raises Funds Following April Robbery On Northwest Side – Nadig Newspapers

Illinois Democrats Put Up Bill To Bail Out Transit – Active Transportation Alliance, Chicago Streetsblog

Registered Sex Offender Robbed, Tried To Rape Woman At CTA Station, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago

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Your transportation related headlines for Tuesday, April 30th, 2024

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Report: Chicago Speed Cameras Issue Tickets Every 20 Seconds, Fine Motorists Over $102M In 2023 – ABC 17/Fox 39 Chicago

Tinfoil Hat Wing Nut Car Haters At Active Transportation Alliance Want Chicago To Impose A Draconian Citywide 25 MPH Speed Limit — SOMETHING THAT WILL ONLY ADD TO THE CITY’S CROOKED SPEED CAMERA REVENUE – Chicago Streetsblog

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.96 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.40 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.68 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 8TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Is $3.66 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Illinois State Gas Tax To Hit 47 Cents July 1 – Illinois Policy Institute

CHI-EXIT: As Former Workers, Visitors No Longer Go Downtown, Loop Office Tower Owner Hit With $276 Million Foreclosure Lawsuit – Crain’s Chicago Business; Chicago Office Occupancy Sees Another Drop – With Office Occupancy As Low As 29 Pct On Weekdays, Chicago Has Lower Occupancy Than Every Other Major City Besides New York, San Francisco, And Philadelphia – Kastle Systems

THIN BLUE LINE: Fallen Officer’s Miles Long Funeral Procession – Uptown Update

Expressway Shooter Is On Parole For 2 Gun Cases, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Ford Loses $1.3B On Electric Vehicles As Regulators Launch Probe Of Mustang Mach-E – Audacy

Illinois Bill For Insurance Rate Review Process Stalls – Repair Driven News

Spring Is Prime Pothole Season For Chicago. Here’s How To Get Them Fixed On Your Street – Block Club Chicago

Organizers Push Back Against Plan To Downsize The Chicago Pride Parade 2024 In Lake View On June 30 – ABC 7 Chicago

West Suburban Illinois Route 31 Was Part Of The Famous Lincoln Highway, One Of The Country’s First Transcontinental Highways Designed Specifically For Automobiles. Here’s Where You Can Park Yourself – Chicago Magazine

Parking Fines Going Up In River Forest – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest

End Of Oak Park Streetside Leaf Pickup Should Reduce Tax Bills – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest

CTA, Metra And Pace Could Be Combined Under New Measure – Center Square; CTA, Metra And Pace Could Be Merged Into One Transit Agency Under Bill Proposed In Springfield – Chicago Sun-Times; Illinois Lawmakers Unveil Plan To Combine Metra, CTA And Pace Into One – ABC 7 Chicago; Merger? Transit Agencies Sending Mixed Signals – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Merge CTA, Metra And Pace? Lawmakers Debut Fix Amid Pushback From Suburbs, Transit Agencies – Chicago Daily Herald; EDITORIAL: CTA, Metra And Pace Could Ride Together Under Separate Plans To Improve Transit Governance – Chicago Sun-Times

Inside The Challenges Plaguing The CTA – WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago

Wish Granted: Nine-Year-Old Boy Takes His Family For A Ride On CTA Train – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

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Your transportation related headlines for Monday, April 29th, 2024

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Chicago Speed Cameras Fined Motorists Over $102M In 2023 – Illinois Policy Institute

Tinfoil Hat Wing Nut Car Haters At Active Transportation Alliance Want Chicago To Impose A Draconian Citywide 25 MPH Speed Limit — SOMETHING THAT WILL ONLY ADD TO THE CITY’S CROOKED SPEED CAMERA REVENUE – Chicago Sun-Times

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.96 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Jumps To $4.40 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Jumps To $4.68 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 8TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.66 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

Biden/Buttigieg Spending Millions To Fight ‘Racist’ Highways – Including Chicago’s Eisenhower Expressway – CNN

Three Chicago-Area Bridges Among Most Vulnerable In The US, Including The Lake Street Bridge In The Loop – Crain’s Chicago Business

4 Years For Shooting At Another Driver On A Chinatown Expressway Ramp While On Probation For A Gun Case – CWB Chicago

Charges Filed In Friday’s Road Rage Shooting On Ramp To Eisenhower Expressway – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Chicago Police Aim To Reduce Thefts And Carjackings – Center Square – Center Square; Woman’s SUV Stolen At Gunpoint While Unloading Groceries In Avondale Neighborhood, Police Say – ABC 7 Chicago; Chicago Man Sentenced To More Than 11 Years For String Of Carjackings, Robbery Of UPS Driver – CBS 2 Chicago

Three Chicago Suspects Charged In Naperville Car Burglaries – Chicago Daily Herald

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Illinois EPA Announces $17.7 Million Notice of Funding Opportunity For Unreliable Electric School Buses – My Radio Link; States Sue To Block US Regulations On Vehicle Emissions – Car Coach Reports/National Motorists Association Blog; Sorry, EVs — I Test Drove My First PHEV And It’s The Perfect Blend Of Electric And Gas Power – Tom’s Guide; Hyundai Will Build More Hybrids To Supplement Slowing EV Demand – Autoblog; Ford Lost $130,000 On Every EV It Sold In The First Quarter – Car And Driver

OUR VIEW: Do Seniors Need More Driving Tests – Bloomington Pantagraph

Tip Off To The Rip Off: Watch Out For Driveway Repair Scams – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

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Your transportation related headlines for Friday, April 26th, 2024

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Hamas Releases Video Of Hersh Goldberg-Polin — Hostage With Chicago Roots – Chicago Sun-Times; ‘Must Do All We Can’ To Save Hostages, Says IL Rep. Brad Schneider – JNS; Hamas Holes — Jailed For Blocked Highway To O’Hare — Got Bail From The NFL – Second City Cop; Ald. Debra Silverstein: Hate Crimes — Especially Hamas Inspired — Keep Increasing. Here’s What Chicago Is Doing About It – Chicago Sun-Times; With Pro-Hamas Encampment Set Up At Northwestern, Some Jewish Students Worry About Safety – CBS 2 Chicago, Evanston Now — Classes Canceled Over Security – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago — Gaza ‘Solidarity Encampment’ Shakes Up Northwestern Campus But Leaves No Clear Winners – The Times Of Israel; ‘Pro-Palestine’ Campus Mobs Think Jew-Hatred Is Progressive – JNS; Take ‘Immediate Action’ Against Jew-Hatred, 27 GOP Senators Demand Of Us Ed Secretary, Attorney General – JNS

THIN BLUE LINE: Illinois Flags At Half-Staff Ahead Of Funeral For Fallen CPD Officer Luis Huesca – NBC 5 Chicago; Law Enforcement Expert: Chicago Police Shooting Of Dexter Reed Completely Justified – Chicago City Wire; Police To Use Bike Officers During DNC – Second City Cop; ACLU Wants To Enable Hamas Mobs At DNC – Center Square; City Sees Wave Of Police Retirements – Second City Cop; Man Sent To Prison For Assaulting West Dundee Police Officer – Chicago Daily Herald

SOFT ON CRIME STORIES: 25 Years For Man Who Murdered The Wrong Person In Botched Revenge Killing — 15 Days After Being Paroled – CWB Chicago

Cook County Is Gaslighting Over SAFE-T — Uses Faked Data To Say This Is Fine – Chicago Daily Herald

DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Chicago Man Participated In $210,000 Louis Vuitton Raid While On Parole For $46,000 Prada Raid: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago; 2 Shot, Wounded Near United Center – Chicago Sun-Times; Recognize Him? Cops Say He Pulled A Woman Into A West Loop Alley, Intending To Commit A Sex Crime – CWB Chicago

45 Months For Man Who Set CTA Van On Fire In The Loop During 2020 Black Lives Matter Riots – CWB Chicago

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: 2 Teenagers Charged With Robbing Amazon Driver, U Of C Students At Gunpoint During Weekend Crime Spree – CWB Chicago; Man Charged With Burglarizing 5 Residential Buildings In Lake View, Lincoln Park – CWB Chicago

CHIRAQ REPORT: Man Dies After Being Shot 20 Times In South Shore – Chicago Sun-Times; 2 Teens Seriously Wounded Overnight In South Shore – Chicago Tribune

Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s Cook County Carjackapalooza — Chicago Crime: Community Donations Help 81-Year-Old Pizza Delivery Man Ernie Aimone Buy New Car After Jefferson Park Carjacking – ABC 7 Chicago

Another SUV Stolen At Des Plaines Gas Station After Keys Left In Ignition – Chicago Daily Herald

WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: DeSantis: Florida ‘Will Not Comply’ With New Biden Transgender Rules – The Hill; Tennessee Passes Bill Banning Child Sex Changes – AP News; With Biden’s Rewrite Of Title IX, Women’s Equality Is A Thing Of The Past – The Hill

THE RACIAL GRIEVANCE GRIFTERS: Pritzker Racializes Homelessness – Center Square

SANCTUARY SHIT-SHOW: More Than Half Of Americans Support Mass Deportations Of Illegal Migrants: Poll – New York Post; America First Policy Institute Demands Key Battleground States Enforce Ban On Non-Citizen Voting – Daily Caller

ANIMAL CRACKER: This Playful Pup Would Love To Be Your BFF – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Save Wetlands, Save Birds – Chicago Sun-Times;

CHI-EXIT, IL-EXIT UPDATE: Cook County Assessor Gaslighting Again — Denies Downtown Commercial Property Doom Loop And Its Impact On Property Taxes – Crain’s Chicago Business; Union Dumps Loop Office Space – Crain’s Chicago Business

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.96 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Jumps To $4.40 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.68 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 9TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.66 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: 2023 A Year Of Failure For Illinois Green Energy Boondoggles – Chicago Sun-Times; Illinois Democrat Bans On Fossil Fuel Will Cause Blackouts, Drive Away Business – NBC 17 Decatur; Biden EPA Rules Will Kill Chicago Area Power Plants – Chicago Tonight

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: ComEd Unveils 2 More EV Charging Stations In Bronzeville As Electric Car Demand Collapses – Chicago Sun-Times; Ford Tapped The Brakes On EVs And Bet On Hybrids. It’s Paying Off – Business Insider; UPS And FedEx Find It Harder To Replace Gas Trucks Than Expected – Autoblog

Sheriff, Auto Club Partner To Keep Thieves From Stealing Catalytic Converters – Chicago Daily Herald

Streetsblog AssHats Can’t See How Mixing Bikers And Walkers On Riverwalk Is Asking For Trouble – Chicago Streetsblog

Chicago Artist Uses Sidewalks For Chalk Creations – ABC 7 Chicago

Video Shows CTA Bus Driver Being Attacked; Head Of Chicago Transit Union Worries About Safety – CBS 2 Chicago

FAILED CITY ALERT: Paul Vallas: CTU’s Sustainable Community Schools Model Is A Trojan Horse – Chicago Tribune; CPS’ Shell Game, Race-Based, Phony Budget Under Fire – Chicago Sun-Times; Given Where Chicago Is Right Now This New Stadium Proposal Is A Bad Idea And A Bad Deal – Wirepoints On The Chicago Way With John Kass; Mayor Brandon Johnson Defends His Progressive Credentials After Supporting The Bears’ New Stadium – WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago; Bears Angling For Huge Cut Of Cash-Flow Pie At New Stadium — Including Concerts – Crain’s Chicago Business; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: No Public Funds For Bears Stadium – Chicago Sun-Times; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Tribune Readers Jeer Calls For Bears, Sox Stadium Funding – Chicago Tribune; Johnson Administration Faces Credibility Crunch Over A Key Plank Of $1.25B Bond Plan – Illinois Answers Project; Recall Johnson – Second City Cop; OP-ED: Progressives And Conservatives Can Agree On Poverty Solutions – Center Square; CTU Logic – Illinois Policy Institute; Chicago Teachers Union’s Questionable Finances Include Hiring Union Boss’ Mom – Illinois Policy Institute

FAILED STATE ALERT: As Legislators Consider Tax Credits, Invest In Kids Recipients Linger — After Democrats Killed That School Choice Scholarship Program – Center Square; Financial Transparency Expert Downplays Illinois’ Credit Outlook – Advantage News – Alton; Ranked Choice Voting Has Been Discredited As A Scam — Illinois Democrats See It As Their News Vote Fraud Strategy – The Hill; Election Confidence Rattled After Voter Receives Wrong Ballot – Center Square; Illinois Democrats Pursuing Phony Election Collusion Claim – Crain’s Chicago Business; EDITORIAL: Illinois Can’t Afford Another Public Pension Boondoggle – Champaign News-Gazette

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Your transportation related headlines for Thursday, April 25th, 2024

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‘We All Worked Together To Be Able To Save Him’: Boys To Be Recognized At Red Cross Heroes Breakfast – Chicago Daily Herald

Hamas Mob Chaos At U Of I In Champaign/Urbana – CBS 3 Champaign; Hamas Supporters Occupy Part Of Northwestern University Campus – Daily Northwestern; Texas Law Enforcement Cracks Down On Pro-Hamas Rioters In Austin – Center Square; Police Called In As Hamas Mobs Riot On US College Campuses – Chicago Tribune; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Israelis Care More About Palestinian Lives than Hamas Does – Daily Northwestern; 3 Reasons Antisemitism Is Swarming College Campuses – The Hill

THIN BLUE LINE: CPD Facing Officer Shortage As Police Quit, Retire – Second City Cop; Family Of Would Be Cop Killer Files A Lawsuit – Second City Cop; Illinois Police Officer In Hospital After Scott’s Law Violation – ABC 3 Harrisburg; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Johnson’s Defund Agenda – Chicago Tribune

As ShotSpotter Sunsets, A Competitor Courts Chicago – Crain’s Chicago Business

SOFT ON CRIME STORIES: A Will County Judge Suggested That He May Have No Choice Under The State’s Safe-T Act But To Release Jeremy Boshears Ahead Of His Second Trial For Murder In The 2017 Shooting Of A Woman At The Clubhouse For The Joliet Outlaws Motorcycle Gang – Joliet Herald-News

DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Shots Fired, At Least 9 Robbed As Armed Holdup Crew Sweeps Across Downtown – CWB Chicago

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Bank Robber, Hunted Down By Security Guard, Had 3 Rough Drafts Of Holdup Note In His Pocket, FBI Says – CWB Chicago

Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s Cook County Carjackapalooza — Chicago Teen Arrested For Downstate Normal Carjacking – NBC 25 Peoria

WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Biden Admin Wants To Force Companies To Hire Criminals In The Name Of Equity – Daily Caller

THE RACIAL GRIEVANCE GRIFTERS: EcoTards, Race Grifters, Want To Ban Trucks, Kill Jobs In Chicago – Chicago Tonight; University Of Illinois Grant Funds DEI Virtual Reality Training For Nurses – College Fix

SANCTUARY SHIT-SHOW: Wilmette Passes Rule On Illegal Alien Buses – CBS 2 Chicago; State Sen. Jason Plummer: Pritzker ‘Gaslighting’ Illinoisans He Says Engage In Migrant Hysteria – Center Square; When The Chicago Teachers Union Negotiates Its New Contract This Summer, One Of The Demands Will Be To Give Each Illegal Alien Student $2,000. Why That’s CTU’s Business And Not For Elected Representatives To Decide Is Anyone’s Guess – Illinois Policy Institute; Black Trump Supporters Blast Mayor Brandon Johnson Over Migrant Spending. Will The Issue Of Illegals Drive Chicago’s Black Voters To The GOP – Chicago Contrarian; Biden Opens The Border For Terrorists – Second City Cop; New Mexico To Consider Sanctuary City Ban In Special Session – Governing; Arizona Jury Rejects Murder Charges Against Farmer Defending His Property From Illegal Alien Trespassers – Not The Bee

ANIMAL CRACKER: Endangered Whooping Crane Back With Wisconsin Organization After Found In Wilmette Separated From Migrating Flock – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Feline Festival On The Horizon – Evanston Now; Imani The Piping Plover Has Returned To Montrose Beach – Block Club Chicago

CHI-EXIT, IL-EXIT UPDATE: EDITORIAL: The Bears May Stir Chicago’s Blood With Splashy Pitch For A Lakefront Stadium. We’re Not Convinced – Chicago Tribune; Chicago Bears Look For Public Financing In Building A New Stadium – Center Square; Bears Plan For New Stadium To Stay In Chicago Is DOA – Second City Cop; Greg Hinz: The Bears’ Big Stadium Ask Faces An Equally Big Battle – Crain’s Chicago Business; Bears Have Designs On The Lakefront, As Mayor Johnson Plays The Wrong Position Of Cheerleader-In-Chief – Chicago Sun-Times; No Love For New Bears Stadium From Illinois’ Top Democrats – Chicago Sun-Times; Taxpayers Could Be On The Hook For Infrastructure Around Planned New Bears Stadium, Expert Says – CBS 2 Chicago; A Reluctant Springfield Awaits After Chicago Bears Pitch Stadium Plan Backed By Mayor – Chicago Tribune; Arlington Heights Mayor On The Bears: We’re Happy To Be Plan B – Crain’s Chicago Business; ‘What Is The Actual Rush?’: Friends Of The Park Blitz Bears, City’s New Lakefront Stadium Vision – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.92 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Jumps To $4.39 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.69 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 10TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Is $3.66 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Ford Loses More Money Again On Electric Vehicles – AP News — Ford Focusing On Gas, Hybrid Cars – Autoblog

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Biden’s Latest War On Fossil Fuel Power – AP News; Biden Orders Emission Free Freight Shipping – The Hill

Bill Some Warn Could Raise Auto Insurance Rates On Senior Drivers Stalls – Center Square

Chicago Is One Of Worst Cities For Driving As Traffic Sucks – Forbes

Millions More Proposed For The Illinois Secretary Of State To ‘Modernize’ Driver Services – Center Square

Group Forms In Opposition To 500-Unit Apartment Tower In Old Town — Traffic A Major Issue – Crain’s Chicago Business

Developer Wants To Dump Excess Parking On Lake View Streets — 37 Units But Only 16 Parking Spaces – Urbanize

Illinois EV Maker Rivian Offering Up To $5,000 Discount To Some BMW, Jeep, And Toyota Owners – Autoblog

Dirt Bike Showcase Provides Can’t-Miss Lesson For West Side Elementary Students – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

In A Shot At Chicago Transit Authority Management, The Civic Federation Says The Regional Transportation Authority Should Take Over The City Agency, As Well As Metra And Pace – Crain’s Chicago Business

OPINION: Chicago Based Boeing Aircraft Is Burning Through Its Cash. That’s Good – Crain’s Chicago Business; Boeing Prosecutors Aim To Decide On Criminal Charge Over Max Crashes By June – Crain’s Chicago Business

FAILED CITY ALERT: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s New School Funding Formula Is Regressive – Chicago Tribune

FAILED STATE ALERT: Even More Evidence Illinois Can Thank The Federal Government’s COVID Bailouts For Its Budget Bonanza – Wirepoints; Senate Republicans Push Back On Proposed State University Funding Plan – CBS 3 Champaign; One Bill, Many Talking Points – Shaw Local

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Your transportation related headlines for Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

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The Christian County Sheriff’s Office Is Reminding People About Scott’s Law After One Of Their Squad Cars Was Damaged In A Crash Over The Weekend – CBS 3 Champaign

EDITORIAL: Amid The Hamas Mob Chaos, America’s Elite Campuses Can’t Educate. University Presidents Have To Turn That Around – Chicago Tribune; GOP Senators Call On Departments Of Justice, Education To Protect Jewish Students From Hamas Mob Violence, Harassment – Center Square; Go To A State School — Elite Higher Ed Is Now Cringe – Nate Silver

THIN BLUE LINE: Procession For Fallen Officer Luis Huesca – Second City Cop; Killing Of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca Ruled Line-Of-Duty Death – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Services Next Week – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Jail Time, Community Service For Sisters Who Attacked Aurora Police Officer – Chicago Daily Herald; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Many More CPD Officers Needed To Put A Dent In Crime – Chicago Sun-Times

Crime Enabling Cop Haters Want To Ban ShotSpotter — Cuz It Works – Second City Cop

THE LIVING SECOND AMENDMENT: Supreme Court Takes Up ATF’s Unilateral ‘Ghost Gun’ Rules – Reason

SOFT ON CRIME STORIES: Chicago’s Criminal Industrial Complex Denies The People Their Right To Safety – John Kass News; Sheriff Says Democrat SAFE-T Act Lets The Same Criminals Do The Same Crimes Over And Over – NBC 17 Decatur

DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Police Investigate Robberies In The Loop, Logan Square – CWB Chicago

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Suburban MAN BROUGHT GUN TO CITY Because ‘Chicago Is Crazy,’ Cops Say – CWB Chicago

CHIRAQ REPORT: Man Shot, Killed In South Shore – Chicago Sun-Times; Man Shot In Neck While Standing Outside In Logan Square, Chicago Police Say – ABC 7 Chicago

Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s Cook County Carjackapalooza — Rapper Carjacked 2 Drivers In 30 Minutes (While On Pretrial Release For A Machine Gun Case), Chicago Cops Say – CWB Chicago; Midlothian Man, 44, Arrested In Orland Park Carjacking: Police – Patch Orland Park

Chicago Has Seen Nearly 7,000 Cars Stolen In First 16 Weeks Of 2024 – Wirepoints Crime Tracker

WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Prairie State College Students Triggered By Graduation Event At A Church – Daily Southtown; The Needless Complexity Of Affordable Housing Programs Are Hurting People They’re Supposed To Help – Reason

The Woke Art Institute Of Chicago Recently Told The World How Morally Superior It Was, By Firing White Docents On Account Of Their Race — Apparently That Moral Superiority Didn’t Preclude Grave Robbery Of Art Belonging To Holocaust Victims — The Art Institute Still Refuses To Return That Art To The Families Of Those Holocaust Victims – Crain’s Chicago Business

THE RACIAL GRIEVANCE GRIFTERS: Illinois Federal Judges Rescind ‘Discriminatory’ Policies After Complaint – Center Square; Unconstitutional DEI Race Preferences Under Attack In Many States – AP News; New California Bill Would Ban Line Skipping Service Clear From Airports In Name Of Equity – Fox Business; Air Force Slapped With Lawsuit After Claiming It Has No Records On Officer Diversity Quotas – Daily Caller

SANCTUARY SHIT-SHOW: Biden Admin Used Border Wall Funds On ‘Environmental Planning’ And Cleanup, Government Watchdog Says – Daily Caller

ANIMAL CRACKER: African Lion Cub At Lincoln Park Zoo Reconnects With His Pride After Surgery – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Chicago DNC 2024 Could Be Another 1968 ShitShow – Chicago Tribune

CHI-EXIT, IL-EXIT UPDATE: Loop Alliance Gaslights About Downtown’s Imaginary Comeback — THESE ARE THE SAME ASSHOLES WHO LIED ABOUT LOOP CRIME STATISTICS – Second City Cop; Bears Want Taxpayers To Pay Half Cost For Stadium To Keep Team In Chicago – Chicago Tribune; Loop Office Tower Slated For Residential Conversion Handed Back To Lender – Crain’s Chicago Business

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.91 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.39 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.69 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 10TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Is $3.69 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Giving Up Fossil Fuels — Say Goodbye To What Makes Life Work – Chicago Tribune

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Letting Bikers Ignore Stop Signs Puts Pedestrians At Risk – Chicago Tribune

Lincoln Park Store Owner Says Mayfest Street Fair Blocked His Shop Because He Didn’t Pay Up – Block Club Chicago

ROAD TRIP: How Midwesterners Can Get A Taste Europe Closer To Home – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Chicago Ranks As Most Walkable City – Preply

Chicago Sidewalk Rat Hole Removed By City — But It’s Being Preserved While Its Fate Is Determined – Block Club Chicago

EDITORIAL: Time For A Leadership Change At CTA: Show Dorval Carter The Exit Door – Chicago Sun-Times

New Divvy Stations Will Be Able To Charge Docked E-Bikes, Scooters When They’re Connected To The Power Grid – Chicago Streetsblog

Revamped Castaways Bar And Grill Reopening At North Avenue Beach This Summer – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Chicago’s Oak Street Beach Named Among The Best In The Us By Travel And Leisure – Fox 32 Chicago

Water Quality Has Improved Dramatically In The Chicago River. But How Safe Is Swimming – Chicago Tribune

Southwest Cutting More Than A Third Of Its Flights at Chicago O’Hare International Airport – Crain’s Chicago Business

3 New Businesses Open At Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport – WGN 9 Chicago

Chicago Based Boeing Aircraft Posts A $355 Million Loss As The Plane Maker Tries To Dig Out From Under Its Latest Crisis – AP News; Boeing Max Crash Victims’ Families Seek To Help DOJ’s Criminal Probe – Crain’s Chicago Business; Boeing CEO Upbeat On Cash Goal, Says Quality Review Progressing – Crain’s Chicago Business; Boeing’s Credit Rating On Cusp Of Junk After Moody’s Downgrade – Crain’s Chicago Business

FAILED CITY ALERT: Chicago Among 4 Of 15 Largest Cities Unable To Recall Mayor – Illinois Policy Institute; Which Major City Will Completely Collapse First — Los Angeles, Chicago, Or New York City – ZeroHedge; CPS’ Selective, Magnet Schools Appear To Take Hit Under New Equity Funding Formula – Chicago Sun-Times; THE POLICY SHOP: Why The Chicago Teachers Union Is Married To Failure – Illinois Policy Institute

FAILED STATE ALERT: Don’t Forget The Same Lawmakers Who Are ‘Defending’ Chicago’s Selective Enrollment Schools Also Ended School Choice – Wirepoints On AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer; Illinois Must Fix Shattered Confidence In Its Election Process. Solutions Are Simple – Wirepoints; Analysis Of 2022 Audited Financial Reports Shows Wide Variance In State Fiscal Health. New Jersey, Connecticut And Illinois At Bottom – Cato Institute; Illinois May Take On Massive Public Pension Boost With No Clue On Costs – Illinois Policy Institute; Measures To Place More Regulations On Employers And Landlords Advance – Center Square; ANALYSIS: Biometric Damages Proposal Would Weaken Illinois Law – Bloomberg; Illinois Nanny States Goes After Vapes – NBC 17 Decatur

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FLORIDA MAN: Watch This Barefoot Dude Tackle ‘N’ Wrassle A Gator In The Middle Of The Street In Jacksonville – YouTube

DRIVER ALERT: Partial Lane Closures On Lake Shore Drive Starting Monday – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Pritzker: State Prepared For Possible Protests At Democrat’s Convention By Hamas-Holes – Center Square; Hamas Agitator Behind ‘Death To America’ Chants In Chicago Contributes To Iran State TV, Hezbollah-Linked Channel – Fox News; In Response To Hamas Supporters Blocking Highway Access To Chicago O’Hare Airport, A New GOP Bill Would Make Blocking Roads A Felony – Chicago Tonight, Illinois House Republican Caucus Blog; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Oak Park Hamas Thugs Tried To Hijack Village Board Meeting – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest — Just The Latest Oak Park Insanity – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest; Student/Faculty Hamas-Holes Want Northwestern University To Boycott Israel – Crain’s Chicago Business; AOC Praises ‘Peaceful’ Anti-Israel Protesters Causing Chaos On Ivy League Campuses – The Daily Caller; GOP Lawmaker: You Can’t Call For The Eradication Of Jews And Think Everything Is Going To Be Just Okay – The Hill; SNL Predicted What’s Happening On American Campuses In 2024 With This 2015 Skit But They Didn’t Even Know It – Not The Bee; Hamas Mob Faces Crackdown On Campus – The Hill; Trump: College Protests Are A Disgrace And All Biden’s Fault – The Hill; Google Fires More Pro-Hamas Workers After Protests – The Hill

THIN BLUE LINE: Former Chicago Police Officer Slams Mayor For Skipping Press Briefing On Fallen Officer: Slap In The Face – Fox News/Fox And Friends First Video; Johnson Laments Officer’s Shooting Death, Says ‘Policing Alone’ Won’t Solve Chicago’s Gun Violence – Chicago Tribune; Mayor Johnson Does Not Address How ShotSpotter Alerted CPD To Officer Luis Huesca Shooting – CBS 2 Chicago; Police Search For Cop Killer – Second City Cop; EDITORIAL: Off-Duty CPD Officer Luis Huesca’s Murder Is Another City Tragedy – Chicago Sun-Times; ‘Brazen And Cowardly’: Police, Community Outraged By Officer’s Slaying – Greater Southwest News-Herald; COPA Chief Under Fire For Her Cop Hater Agenda – Second City Cop; Police Arbitration Issue Back In Court – Second City Cop

ShotSpotter Alerts Keep Leading Chicago Cops To Armed Men And Shell Casings, Arrest Reports Say – CWB Chicago

SOFT ON CRIME STORIES: Soft On Crime Democrats Put Women’s Lives At Risk – Illinois Policy Institute; Chicago Man With Pending Gun Case Murdered A 20-Year-Old, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago

DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: 14-Year-Old Boy Charged With Double-Shooting That Left Teen Dead During ‘Large Group’ Gathering In The South Loop – CWB Chicago

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Amazon Driver Witnesses Armed Robbery, Then Gets Robbed By The Same Crew — Video – CWB Chicago; Youths Robbed At Gunpoint While Playing Basketball In Jefferson Park Alley On Chicago’s NW Side – Nadig Newspapers; Police Issue Community Warning In Greater Grand Crossing After String Of Arsons – Chicago Sun-Times; Man Sexually Attacked Two Women Last Night In Boystown, Police Say In Community Alert – CWB Chicago; Jury Convicts Woman Of Killing Her Landlord, Dismembering The Body – CWB Chicago

Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s Cook County Carjackapalooza — Feds Target Carjacking In Chicago, Other Cities – Fox News

Man Arrested After Shoving Guard Down CTA Red Line Station Stairs: CPD – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Democrat Guaranteed Income Giveaway Programs — Like Those In Chicago And Cook County – Are A Costly, Ineffective Approach To Fighting Poverty That Disincentivizes Work — GOP States Move To Block The Waste Of Tax Dollars – Governing, Governing; Louisiana Education Chief Tells Schools To Ignore New Biden Title IX Rules For Transgender Students – The Hill/Yahoo

THE RACIAL GRIEVANCE GRIFTERS: Illinois Governor Chides Chicago Teachers Union For Labeling School Closures Bill Racist – The National Desk; Illinois’ Obscene Plan To Fund Education Based On Race – Breakthrough Ideas, Ford County Chronicle; Biden Is Suing The Gas Station Chain He Just Visited Because Their Criminal Background Checks Discriminated Against Black, Native American And Multiracial Job Seekers – Not The Bee; This Guy Made A List Of All The Food That Woke People Have Called Racist. Enjoy – Not The Bee; Watch This Gal Expose The Disturbing Rise Of Anti-White TikToks. Her Takedown Is Spectacular – Not The Bee

SANCTUARY SHIT-SHOW: Chicago Residents Furious Over City’s Approval Of Migrant Funding – Fox New/Faulkner Focus Video

ANIMAL CRACKER: Stevie, A 7-Year-Old Blind Pitbull Found In Humboldt Park, Still Needs A Permanent Home – Block Club Chicago; All In A Day’s Work: Indiana Police Rescue Abandoned Puppies – Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune; Killdeer Bird Nests In Parking Lot At McHenry Outdoor Theater; Drive-In Sharing Space After Early Season Start – Chicago Daily Herald; Thousands Of Ladybugs Now Call Wheaton Their Home – Chicago Daily Herald; Chicago Rescue Group Cares For Special-Needs Bunnies: Each One Has A Different Personality – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

CHI-EXIT, IL-EXIT UPDATE: Express To Close State Street Store, Plus 2 More In Chicago – Crain’s Chicago Business; Chicago Bears To Announce Plans Wednesday For New Domed Stadium On Lakefront — If They Don’t Dump Chicago – Chicago Tribune — Arlington Heights Still Waiting In The Wings If Bears Don’t Get A Lakefront Stadium – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Reinsdorf Offers To Open Wallet For New Sox Stadium – Crain’s Chicago Business; Chicago Office Occupancy As Low As 30 Pct On Weekdays, Lower Than Every Other Major City But New York And San Francisco – Kastle Systems; As Loop Vacancy Rate Hits All Time High, Loop Alliance Gaslights About Downtown’s Imaginary Comeback — THESE ARE THE SAME ASSHOLES WHO LIED ABOUT LOOP CRIME STATISTICS – Crain’s Chicago Business; More Downtown Vacancies As Dom’s, Foxtrot Stores Close – Crain’s Chicago Business; Lincoln Park Retail Center, Former Home To Tower Records, Sold At 37% Discount – Crain’s Chicago Business

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.92 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.40 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.71 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 10TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Is $3.67 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022 — The Shocking Truth Behind Rising Gas Prices – Car Coach Reports/National Motorists Association Blog

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: NY Environmentalists’ Next Target? Individually Wrapped Cheese Slices Face Ban Under Far-Reaching Bill – New York Post

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: CA Power Grid Unable To Handle EV Demand – The Hill

Safe Driving Is Ageless – The Beverly Review

Tinfoil Hat Wing Nut Car Haters At Active Transportation Alliance Want Chicago To Impose A Draconian Citywide 25 MPH Speed Limit — SOMETHING THAT WILL ONLY ADD TO THE CITY’S CROOKED SPEED CAMERA REVENUE – Active Transportation Alliance

Tulips Bloom On Michigan Avenue – Chicago Tribune

Then And Now, Lake Shore Drive-Foster – Chicago History Today

CTA Chief Dorval Carter Faces Mounting Calls For His Termination – Axios

CTA Blue Line Train Service Resumes After Disruption Between Forest Park, Harlem – ABC 7 Chicago

Metra Schedules 47 Safety Blitzes In 2024 – Metra; Construction To Affect Midday Service On The Rock Island Beverly Branch April 29 & 30 – Metra

If Your Bike Gets Stolen – Bike Lane Uprising

Would You Swim In The Chicago River? Navigating Safety Concerns Ahead Of Open Water Swim Event – Chicago Tonight

Makeover of O’Hare’s Terminal 3 Takes Off As Airlines Mull Deal On Expansion, Global Terminal – Chicago Sun-Times; O’Hare To See Better Accessibility Features As Part Of $200 Million Upgrade Plan – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Chicago Based Boeing Aircraft Plan To Buy Spirit Complicated By Airbus-Linked Factories – Crain’s Chicago Business

FAILED CITY ALERT: Chicago Teachers Union Lauds Failing Community School, Wants 180 More – Illinois Policy Institute; CTU May Be Headed For Another Failure In Senate Over Selective Schools – Crain’s Chicago Business; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Close Zombie Schools – Chicago Sun-Times; Fake News Fraud ShitRag Chicago Magazine Says Johnson Isn’t Incompetent — He’s Just Inexperienced – Chicago Magazine; Chicago Owned Grocery Store Would Be Subsidizing Dysfunction. The Cost Of A Chicago-Owned Grocery Store Will Be Borne By Taxpayers – Chicago Contrarian; City Council Wants More Guaranteed Income Giveaway Programs — A Costly, Ineffective Approach To Fighting Poverty That Disincentivizes Work – Block Club Chicago

FAILED STATE ALERT: Illinois Lawmakers Have Yet To Address The Expired Invest In Kids School Choice Scholarship Program – Center Square; Legislator Warns Of Subject To Appropriation ‘Blank Checks,’ Audit Findings – Center Square; A Measure Advancing In Illinois Seeks To Ban Corporal Punishment In All Private Schools. Opponents Are Concerned The Measure Could Be Misinterpreted And School Coaches Asking For More Pushups Could Be In Violation Of The Proposed Law – Center Square; GOP Legislators Mock Democrat Pet Ban Bill – Center Square; Repeal Of Rent Control Ban Stalls Out In Illinois General Assembly – The Real Deal

CROOK COUNTY: Another Rigged Vote For Cook County Democrat Party Boss Preckwinkle – Chicago Sun-Times

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DRIVER ALERT: Partial Lane Closures On Lake Shore Drive Starting Monday – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Hamas-Holes Say They Have A Right To Blockade An Airport – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Gaza Protesters Say The Quiet Part Loud: We Are Hamas – Fox News; London Police Threatened To Arrest A Man At A Palestine Protest Because He Was ‘Openly Jewish’ And That Was Causing A Disturbance – Not The Bee; Alan Dershowitz Likens ‘Pro-Hamas’ Protesters To ‘Hitler Youth,’ Says They’re Destroying American Universities – Daily Caller; University Antisemitism Reaches Fever Pitch With Calls For Violence Against Jews – Center Square

THIN BLUE LINE: Off-Duty Chicago Police Officer Killed During Possible Gage Park Carjacking – CWB Chicago, Second City Cop — Murder Of Off-Duty Chicago Police Officer Stirs Memories Of A Similar Crime Last Year – CWB Chicago — Cops Looking For Man Who May Have Information About The Murder Of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca – CWB Chicago — Chicago Alderman Claims ShotSpotter Alerted Police To Fallen Officer 5 Minutes Before 911 Calls – Fox 32 Chicago — Chicago Alderman Anthony Napolitano Reacts To Off-Duty Cop Being Shot, Killed: Most Dangerous Profession – Fox News/Fox And Friends Video; Police Oversight Chief To Discuss ‘Professionalism’ With Feuding Top Cop, COPA Boss – CWB Chicago; Multiple States Seeking To Poach Illinois Police Officers With Bonuses – ABC 17/Fox 39 Rockford; Cop Haters Are Trying To Weaponize Would Cop Killer Who Shot A Whole At Officers During A Traffic Stop – Second City Cop; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Chicago Needs More Traffic Stops Not Less; Fake News Media’s Latest Cop Hater Hoax – Chicago Tribune; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: How To Act If Stopped By The Police – Chicago Daily Herald; 3 Hurt In Crash Involving CPD Squad Car In West Woodlawn – Second City Cop; Pols Want 63rd St. Armory For New Police HQ – Greater Southwest News-Herald

Chicago’s Leadership And Media Need To Take A New Road To Make A Difference – Chicago Contrarian

SOFT ON CRIME STORIES: EDITORIAL: Governor’s Proposed Fix Comes Too Late To Save Child – Champaign News-Gazette; Illinois Democrat SAFE T Act Releases Criminals And They Go Right Back To Crime – WGN 9 Chicago; Man Tried To Carjack Driver Less Than A Month After Getting Pretrial Release For Possessing Stolen Range Rover: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago; A Chicago Man Who Was Arrested For Indecent Exposure On The Blue Line Last Month And Then Released From The Station To Await Trial Is Now Jailed After He Allegedly Sexually Abused A Woman As She Walked With A Baby Stroller In Bucktown – CWB Chicago; Man Flagged Down Chicago Cops To Tell Them He Had A Gun — Just 47 Hours After Being Arrested With Another Gun: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago

DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: 45 Years For Murdering Mexican Independence Day Reveler In The South Loop – CWB Chicago; Murder Charges Filed In Connection With 2022 Shooting That Killed 2, Injured 1 In Downtown Chicago – CWB Chicago

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Johnson’s Latest Bonehead Crime Plan – Chicago Tribune; Concerns Remain After Chicago Officials Unveil Plan For Slowing Robbery Spree – Center Square; Auto Parts Stores Robbed On Northwest Side, Police Warn Area Businesses – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Man Sexually Assaulted Teen At 31st Street Beach: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago; Attackers Fire Shot, Assault Man And Pregnant Woman In Ravenswood – CWB Chicago; Would Be Robbery Victim Fights Back, Grabs Gun Magazine – Second City Cop; Woman Mugged While Walking In Ravenswood – CWB Chicago

CHIRAQ REPORT: 17 Shot, 6 Killed In Chicago Weekend Violence – Hey Jackass; Woman Killed, Man Injured In West Garfield Park – Chicago Sun-Times; Man Killed, Another Critically Wounded In South Chicago Shooting – Chicago Sun-Times;

EXPRESSWAY SHOOTING SEASON: 1 Killed, 2 Hurt In Dan Ryan Expressway Shooting – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s Cook County Carjackapalooza — 4 Arrested After Cops Witness Carjacking In River North, Chase Suspects To West Side – CWB Chicago; Man Participated In Expressway Shooting While Wearing An Ankle Monitor For A Gun Case: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago

NPR: Our Federal Tax Dollars For Marxist News, Partisan Censorship And Pan Flutes – John Kass News

WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Biden Is Bailing Out Student Loan Deadbeats Who Can Afford To Pay – Chicago Daily Herald; Scotland Becomes Latest Country To Join Team Reality, Halts Puberty Blockers For Children – Not The Bee; Maher Unloads On The Left: ‘Will Overlook Child F—Ing,’ Says ‘DeSantis Wasn’t Wrong’ In Disney Fight – Fox News

THE RACIAL GRIEVANCE GRIFTERS: Debate Ignites As Schools Push DEI Race Quotas Amid Teacher Shortage – Fox 55 Springfield; Tribune’s Head Race Hustler Says Chicago Highways Are Racist White Supremacy – Chicago Tribune; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson’s Baseless And Blatantly Racist Accusations Against Members Of The Chicago Fire Department – Chicago Tribune

SANCTUARY SHIT-SHOW: Brandon Johnson Is Willing To Bankrupt Chicago For Illegal Immigrants – Washington Examiner; Chicago Is Lumping Illegals In With Homeless Chicagoans – Chicago Tribune; Chicago Residents In MAGA Hats Tear Into Mayor For Funding Migrants – Daily Mail; Illinois Democrats Trying To Ignore Federal Law To Give Work Permits And Jobs To Illegals – WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago; Johnson’s City Council Stooges Approve $70 Million More For Illegals, Plus Borrowing Of $1.25B For A New City Hall Slush Fund – Second City Cop; Chicago City Council Approves Extra $70 Million In Funds For Migrants, As Some NW Side Aldermen Object – Nadig Newspapers; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Biden Playing Politics With Immigration – Chicago Daily Herald; lllegals Are Crashing Chicago Mental Health System – Crain’s Chicago Business; NYC High School Soccer Game Canceled After Group Of About 30 Illegals Refuse To Leave The Field — Even After Cops Showed Up – New York Post

ANIMAL CRACKER: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What My Dog Illustrated To Me – Chicago Tribune

CHI-EXIT, IL-EXIT UPDATE: Latest Report Shows Loop Storefront Vacancies At A Record-High Rate Exceeding 30 Percent – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Illinois Death Tax Drives Residents To Leave – Bloomington Pantagraph

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.93 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.41 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Jumps To $4.73 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 8TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.68 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Green Grifters — In Poorly Attended Protest — Demand That U.S. Declare A Climate Emergency – Chicago Sun-Times; Groups Push For Pause On Carbon Pipelines In Illinois – Center Square; Biden’s Damaging War Against American Energy Production – The Hill; Sullivan Blasts Biden’s Moves To Restrict Drilling And Mining In Alaska As ‘national Security Suicide – The Hill; A Big Panic Over Tiny Plastics. Science Can Detect Increasingly Small Particles Of Plastic In Our Air And Water. That Doesn’t Mean It’s Bad For You – Reason

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Will Increased Insurance Costs Derail The EV Revolution – Car Coach Reports/National Motorists Association Blog; Gas/Electric Hybrids Are Selling – All Electric Cars Aren’t – Yahoo Finance

Summer Blockbuster — Here’s Your 2024 Construction Season Preview – Chicago Daily Herald — What Local Road Projects Will Impact Your Commute This Year – Chicago Daily Herald

City Planners Say It’s Time To Put Northwest Side Harlem Avenue’s Little Italy On The Map – Chicago Tribune

Uptown Zoning Request Calls For 20 Parking Spaces – Uptown Update

City Wants To Micro-Manage Building Design On Milwaukee Avenue – Block Club Chicago

Tributes To Tom Petty, Foo Fighters, Boston, Styx, Led Zeppelin Coming To Windy City Hot Dog Fest At Six Corners – Nadig Newspapers

Howard Street Carnaval Will Celebrate Far North Side African, Caribbean Communities With Parade, Party – Block Club Chicago

As ‘Fire Dorval’ Gains Traction, Johnson Dodges Questions On CTA Leader’s Future – Crain’s Chicago Business; Pressure Is Mounting To Replace Embattled CTA President Dorval Carter – Chicago Streetsblog; Mayor Appoints Politically Connected Pastor, Not A Transit Expert, To CTA’s Oversight Board – Block Club Chicago

Chicago Based United Airlines Deeply Disturbed By Passenger Given Cockpit Access – Crain’s Chicago Business

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bad News For Chicago Based Boeing Aircraft Is Bad News For US Industry – Chicago Tribune;

FAILED CITY ALERT: Petition Seeks To Empower Chicago Voters To Recall Their Far Left Mayor – National Review; Chicago Teachers Union Tries To Bulldoze Through Springfield On Selective Schools Bill — And Loses – Chicago Sun-Times; EDITORIAL: Springfield Issues A 92-8 Vote Of No Confidence In Brandon Johnson, Stacy Davis Gates – Chicago Tribune; America’s Worst Teachers’ Union – Ricochet Podcast

FAILED STATE ALERT: 81% Of Registered Illinois Voters Failed To Turn Out For April Primary – Wirepoints Quickpoint; Democrats Lose Key Races In Primary — So Now They Want To Rig Future Elections With Ranked Choice Vote Fraud – Center Square; Statewide Literacy Plan Some Say ‘Doesn’t Work’ Costs Illinois Taxpayers $3 Million – Center Square; Illinois’ Unemployment Rate Ties For 3rd Worst In The Nation – Illinois Policy Institute; New GOP Legislation Gives Law Enforcement More Authority To Evict Squatters – IL SENATE GOP; Pritzker Wants To Pad Crooked State Employee Pensions – Capitol News Illinois; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Illinois Democrat Plan To Wipe Out Medical Debt Puts Credit Marker At Risk – Chicago Tribune; Pritzker Health Insurance Law Will Drive Up Costs For Taxpayers – Center Square; Latest Democrat Attack On Free Speech Stalls, As Sponsor Is Unable To Answer Basic Questions – Center Square; OP-ED: Protect Small Businesses From An Onslaught Of BIPA Lawsuits – Center Square

COVID CLUSTERFUCK: 9 Illinois Metro Areas Add Jobs In March, 6 Await Pandemic Recovery – Illinois Policy Institute; Jim Dey: Was It Surprising That Fraudsters Signed Up For Free Money – Champaign News-Gazette

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