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Mayor Brandon Johnson and CPS officials staved off bills that would limit their control but fell short of securing more funding.
"This city has a history of attacking and trying to bring down their African American leaders," CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. told a City Council committee.
Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) joined Mayor Brandon Johnson to break ground Wednesday on the project that will finally deliver on the vision brought to Ramirez-Rosa by Logan Square Preservation shortly after he took office in 2015.
Three southbound lanes from Irving Park Road to La Salle Drive were closed from 7 p.m. Monday until 5 a.m. Tuesday, per the Chicago Department of Transportation. Other sections of the roadway will be closed through the week.