Midday News Links: Metra Board Approves 11 Percent Fare Hike
By Chuck Sudo in News on Nov 14, 2014 7:30PM
- Metra's Board of Directors approved a 10.8 percent fare hike that will take effect next year. [Daily Herald]
- For those of you interested in Friends of the Parks' Public Trust Doctrine argument opposing placing the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on the Lakefront, here's some light reading. [Northwestern Law Review (PDF)]
- Joakim Noah tells everyone to "chill the fuck out" about Derrick Rose's recent comments about looking toward the future. [Sun-Times]
- The fire at North Riverside Mall earlier this week has forced Carson Pirie Scott to close for the holidays while repairs are ongoing. [ABC 7]
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pressuring Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner to support a minimum wage hike. That and all the street resurfacing projects happening across Chicago are evidence Emanuel considers himself a Democrat again. (It's election season, y'all!) [NBC Chicago]
