CTA proposes fare hikes as it stares down budget gap • CTA defends safety practices after feds threaten funding
Working Lunch Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | | |
| | A Northwestern University professor has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his historical studies on sustained economic growth through technological progress. | | | Chicagoans should expect to pay more for city trains and buses next year as the CTA looks to raise fares in the face of a looming fiscal crisis. | | | The CTA defended its commitment to safety in a letter to federal transportation officials sent after President Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation threatened to withhold the agency’s federal funding. | | | For restaurant and cafe workers, many of whom are immigrants, the looming threat of unannounced visits by ICE has created anxiety and uncertainty about their future. | | | Retired Chicago White Sox outfielder Dan Pasqua and his wife, Paula, in August sold their longtime, five-bedroom, 3,461-square-foot house in Orland Park for their $775,000 asking price. | | | Target started selling THC beverages at a handful of its Minnesota liquor stores last week, the first such items at any of its 2,000 stores nationwide. | | | This six-bedroom home includes a two-story primary suite with a private sitting room and office. A two-story foyer opens to a dining room, an oak-paneled office and leads to the living room with a view of Lake Louise. | | | U.S. markets slumped early Tuesday after Chinese sanctions against the U.S. subsidiaries of a major South Korean shipbuilder shook a fragile sense of calm over trade tensions with Washington. | | | |