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CTA breaks ground on Red Line Extension. The project ‘corrects’ history, acting CTA head says. • Illinois sets new rules barring state workers from prediction market bets and AI use without oversight
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Monday, April 27, 2026

University of Chicago student contest tackles the city’s sports stadium funding debate

Nearly 100 graduate students on 16 teams at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and its Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation brainstormed throughout the school year on ways to keep sports teams in the city.

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CTA breaks ground on Red Line Extension. The project ‘corrects’ history, acting CTA head says.

The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday officially began construction on a $5.75 billion rail extension that will bring CTA train service to the city’s Far South Side.

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Illinois sets new rules barring state workers from prediction market bets and AI use without oversight

Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration is setting rules on two emerging technologies as state governments across the country try to stay ahead of a rapidly changing world.

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Rivian’s new midsize R2 SUV rolls into Chicago for weekend event as EV production launches in Normal

This weekend, Rivian is giving Chicago-area customers their first chance to kick the tires on the Illinois-built EV during a cross-country roadshow. The R2 is on display through Saturday at Rivian’s Gold Coast and Old Orchard showrooms.

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NIPSCO Local 12775 workers ratify tentative agreement

NIPSCO Local 12775 workers head back to work Tuesday after union members voted to ratify a tentative agreement NIPSCO offered April 16.

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PNW recognizes center’s research for supporting steel industry

Alejandra Y. Castillo said that had PNW initiative the Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium not taken off, the steel industry might’ve met its demise as plants closed and jobs moved overseas in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Terry Savage: Can you beat the market?

Do you think you can beat the stock market? Should you even try? The volatility of the stock market in the past month has demonstrated the overall futility of just “guessing” what the market will do next.

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Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman head to court in high-stakes showdown over AI

Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires’ once-shared vision for the development of artificial intelligence.

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