{"id":406423,"date":"2025-11-26T17:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/406423\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T17:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:07:26","slug":"todays-headlines-for-wednesday-november-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/406423\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Headlines for Wednesday, November 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/keatinglegal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:484px;height:auto\" class=\"wp-image-200370\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Keating.png\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>This post is sponsored by\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/keatinglegal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keating Law Offices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0&#8220;Suburban legislators [including <a href=\"https:\/\/chi.streetsblog.org\/2025\/10\/10\/as-we-anxiously-await-next-weeks-fall-veto-session-rep-mary-beth-canty-offers-a-pep-talk-she-thinks-a-transit-reform-funding-bill-will-pass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rep. Canty<\/a>], advocates tout single-fare system, TOD after passage of mass transit funding bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/11\/25\/suburban-legislators-advocates-transit-funding-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tribune<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0DePaul&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/las.depaul.edu\/centers-and-institutes\/chaddick-institute-for-metropolitan-development\/research-and-publications\/Documents\/Thanksgiving%202025%20Sold%20Out%20Train%20Analysis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Chaddick Institute<\/a> is monitoring challenges posed by Amtrak&#8217;s Chicago Hub trains selling out many days in advance this holiday season<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Police release image of van whose driver <a href=\"https:\/\/chi.streetsblog.org\/2025\/11\/23\/cpd-hit-and-run-van-driver-fatally-struck-man-45-near-shopping-plaza-morgan-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">fatally struck man<\/a>, 45, after altercation at shopping center at 117th\/Marshfield in Morgan Park (<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/pedestrian-killed-morgan-park-chicago-hit-run-crash-shopping-plaza-117th-marshfield-police-department\/18212167\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ABC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-ray-and-his-family-during-a-difficult-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">GoFundMe<\/a> for Dr. Ray Lee, struck by hit-and-run driver while biking on 10\/29 at Damen\/Van Buren, throwing him 30 feet and and putting him in coma<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0&#8220;&#8216;A long road ahead&#8217;: Family of Blue Line burn victim launches GoFundMe&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/11\/25\/bethany-magee-gofundme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tribune<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0SUV driver reportedly fired at CTA bus today around 12:45 AM in 500 block of S. Pulaski in N. Lawndale, no injuries (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/shots-fired-chicago-cta-bus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CBS<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacebus.com\/news\/pace-receives-federal-grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pace<\/a> Receives $39.78 Million Federal Grant to Enhance Transit Service with Hybrid-Electric Buses&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0&#8220;A Faster Commute Could Be Coming to the I-290 and I-88 Corridors with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacebus.com\/news\/new-express-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pace<\/a> Express Bus Service&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0&#8220;New Museum Of Mexican Art Exhibit Explores How Mexican Railworkers Put Chicago On The Map&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2025\/11\/25\/new-museum-of-mexican-art-exhibit-explores-how-mexican-railworkers-put-chicago-on-the-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Block Club<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRdKDBnAPA5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Friends of Big Marsh Holiday Party<\/a> 12\/13, 6-9 PM at Specialized Fulton Market, 925 W. Lake, w\/ food, music, drinks, and raffle<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0&#8220;Discover Fun and Exclusive Holiday Gifts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitchicago.com\/discover-fun-and-exclusive-holiday-gifts-on-ctagiftscom-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CTAgifts.com<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/chi.streetsblog.org\/about\/donate\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:206px;height:auto\" alt=\"donate button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/donate.png\"\/><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.societ.com\/free-tools\/fundraising-thermometer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764176846_297_fundraising-thermometer\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On November 12, SBC launched our 2026 fund drive to raise $50K through ad sales and donations. That will complete next year&#8217;s budget, at a time when\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/chi.streetsblog.org\/2025\/11\/12\/like-transit-sbc-was-recently-saved-from-the-brink-but-we-still-need-your-help-to-keep-rolling-through-2026\" target=\"_blank\">it&#8217;s tough to find grant money<\/a>. Big thanks to all the readers who have\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/chi.streetsblog.org\/about\/donate\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>chipped in so far<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to help keep this site rolling all next year! Currently, we&#8217;re at $2,330, with $47,670 to go, ideally by the end of February.<\/p>\n<p>If you value our livable streets reporting and advocacy,\u00a0<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/chi.streetsblog.org\/about\/donate\" target=\"_blank\">please consider making a tax-exempt end-of-year gift here<\/a><\/strong>. If you can afford a contribution of $100 or more, think of it as a subscription. That will help keep the site paywall-free for people on tighter budgets, as well as\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/chi.streetsblog.org\/2025\/11\/07\/we-asked-mayor-johnson-about-the-transit-win-leerhsens-future-saving-the-bus-station-and-whether-hell-send-a-care-package-to-philly\" target=\"_blank\">decision-makers.<\/a>\u00a0Thanks\u00a0for your support!<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 John Greenfield, editor<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This post is sponsored by\u00a0Keating Law Offices. \u2022\u00a0&#8220;Suburban legislators [including Rep. 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