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Working Lunch Thursday, June 19, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration never undertook a formalized national search for a new CTA president despite the mayor saying last month that his office had in fact done so, according to responses
to public records requests made by the Tribune. The CTA has been without a permanent leader since embattled former president Dorval Carter stepped down earlier this year under pressure from lawmakers and transit activists who had long called for his removal. In economic news, the Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday as it waits for additional information on how tariffs and other potential disruptions will affect the economy this year. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Top business stories | Real estate | Transportation | | | | Freedom of Information Act requests filed by the Tribune failed to reveal records that demonstrated the city has undertaken a thorough or formalized search of any kind. | | | | | The Fed’s policymakers signaled they still expect to cut rates twice this year, even as they also project that President Donald Trump’s import duties will push inflation higher. | | | | | School officials had first outlined plans in December to cut 11 undergraduate and graduate academic programs. Nearly two dozen faculty members were already fired in January. | | | | | A year and a half after a deal was announced, the two companies said they finalized their “historic partnership.” | | | | | Critics point to Prairie State as a big polluter, but Trump cuts raise questions about stability of renewable energy. | | | | | The train station at 11th Street in Michigan City “will serve generations to come,” Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch said. | | | |
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