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This express train could drastically change traveling to and from O'Hare airport.
08/26/2026

This express train could drastically change traveling to and from O'Hare airport.

🚄 BUSINESS LEADERS are proposing the O'Hare Flyer, a train that aims to cut travel times between O'Hare and downtown Chi...
08/26/2026

🚄 BUSINESS LEADERS are proposing the O'Hare Flyer, a train that aims to cut travel times between O'Hare and downtown Chicago to just 15 minutes.

💡 WHY IT MATTERS: This express rail connection could offer travelers a faster alternative to the CTA and cabs without public subsidies.

🗓️ DETAILS: The train will depart every 15 minutes from Terminal 2 at O'Hare, reaching a new depot near Van Buren and Canal streets.

💰 THE BIG PICTURE: The project will cost $2.25 billion and take up to five years to build, funded through private investment.

📢 WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: "We are looking forward to working closely with the city and the airport," says Flyover CEO Dave Lundy.

🔗 Click the link in bio for the full story.

✍️: Justin Kaufmann

There's no word yet on fare cost or a launch date.
08/25/2026

There's no word yet on fare cost or a launch date.

📝 THE LATEST: Chicago Public Schools parent group leads an effort for school board candidates to pledge limits on AI use...
08/18/2026

📝 THE LATEST: Chicago Public Schools parent group leads an effort for school board candidates to pledge limits on AI use.

📊 WHY IT MATTERS: With about half of all board contenders having signed on, the pledge is likely to play a role in how CPS kid interact with this controversial technology.

🏛️ ZOOM IN: The 'Human-Centered Education Pledge' includes proposals for a three-year moratorium on generative AI and limiting screen time for younger students.

💬 FRICTION POINT: Pledge proponent Cassie Creswell says elementary students are already using an AI reading tutor and teens will be getting a chatbot. But CPS officials say those statements are misleading and incorrect.

ONE CANDIDATE for board president, Victor Henderson, stressed that CPS needs to be careful in its consideration of AI but said he would not be signing the pledge.

🔗 Click the link in bio for the full story.

✍️: Monica Eng

Mayor Brandon Johnson has paid at least one and Mendoza says she will use them as well.
08/14/2026

Mayor Brandon Johnson has paid at least one and Mendoza says she will use them as well.

WHEN Farmzero CEO When Russell Steinberg looks at vacant downtown office spaces, he doesn't see failure — he sees farms....
08/10/2026

WHEN Farmzero CEO When Russell Steinberg looks at vacant downtown office spaces, he doesn't see failure — he sees farms.

🌱 WHY IT MATTERS: Steinberg's first site, located kitty-corner from City Hall, feeds hundreds of Chicagoans with its lettuce, herbs, edible flowers and microgreens.

🌿 YES, BUT if his expansion plans stay on course, that number will grow to thousands this fall and eventually millions.

🔗 Click the link in bio for details. ✍️ Monica Eng

Chicago drivers face some of the nation's highest commuting costs.
08/06/2026

Chicago drivers face some of the nation's highest commuting costs.

Axios has been asking officials for a month and still has no answers
08/04/2026

Axios has been asking officials for a month and still has no answers

💰 CHICAGO pays twice to three times as much as nearby suburbs to remove lead water lines, and after a month of questions...
08/04/2026

💰 CHICAGO pays twice to three times as much as nearby suburbs to remove lead water lines, and after a month of questions, officials have not identified to Axios any concrete plans to reduce those charges.

💸 WHY IT MATTERS: At Chicago's current rate — $33,784 per line — the city will pay $12 billion to replace its 400,000 toxic lines over the next two decades, and taxpayers will shoulder much of the cost.

🏠 ZOOM IN Most Chicago homes smaller than a four-flat built before 1986 use lead lines because city code, influenced by the Chicago Plumbers Union, required it.

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✍️ Monica Eng

💰 CHICAGO pays twice to three times as much as nearby suburbs to remove lead water lines, and after a month of questions...
08/04/2026

💰 CHICAGO pays twice to three times as much as nearby suburbs to remove lead water lines, and after a month of questions, officials have not identified to Axios any concrete plans to reduce those charges.

💸 WHY IT MATTERS: At Chicago's current rate — $33,784 per line — the city will pay $13.5 billion to replace its 400,000 toxic lines over the next two decades, and taxpayers will shoulder much of the cost.

🏠 ZOOM IN: Most Chicago homes smaller than a four-flat built before 1986 use lead lines because city code, influenced by the Chicago Plumbers Union, required it.

🧪 BY THE NUMBERS: One third of all Chicago homes voluntarily tested by the city showed high levels of lead in their water, per an Axios analysis. Health authorities stress that no level of ingested lead is safe.

🔗 Click the link in bio for details.

✍️ Monica Eng

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