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CTA to add more police officers after Feds threaten funding • Trump administration threatens to withhold $50M from CTA, calling its plan to add police ‘materially deficient’
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Friday, December 19, 2025

ICC lops $25 million off ComEd rate request, striking costs for botched computer system

The Illinois Commerce Commission sliced $25.4 million from ComEd’s $268.5 million rate reconciliation request Thursday, holding down increases customers will pay for electricity delivery next year as supply costs continue to rise.

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CTA to add more police officers after Feds threaten funding

Starting Friday, the Chicago Transit Authority Chicago police are boosting the number of officers patrolling in response to a threat from President Trump.

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Trump administration threatens to withhold $50M from CTA, calling its plan to add police ‘materially deficient’

The Chicago Transit Authority’s plan to boost the number of police officers and K-9 guards on the city’s mass transit system is “materially deficient,” President Donald Trump’s administration said Friday as it threatened to cut the system off from up to $50 million in federal funding.

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Man sets himself on fire at Damen station on CTA Blue Line

A man set himself on fire Friday morning at Damen Avenue on the Blue Line and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, officials said.

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November US homes sales rose from the previous month, but are down from 2024 as prices climb

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in November from the previous month, but slowed compared to a year earlier for the first time since May.

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La Grange Park Recreation Center’s $11.3 million expansion to begin this spring

The La Grange Park Recreation Center expansion will be financed by a $10.7 million referendum passed by district voters in 2023.

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Ford recalls more than 270,000 electric and hybrid vehicles due to roll-away risk

Ford is recalling more than 270,000 electric and hybrid vehicles in the U.S. because of a parking function problem that could lead to them rolling away.

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Sony buys a majority stake in the ‘Peanuts’ comic for $457 million from Canada’s WildBrain

Sony is buying a 41% stake in the Charles M. Schulz comic “Peanuts” and its characters including Snoopy and Charlie Brown from Canada’s WildBrain.

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