CTA sends out layoff notices (Chicago Sun-Times)

The CTA has sent out more than 1,000 notices to bus drivers and other unionized employees that their jobs will be eliminated in the next two months. The layoffs are part of a plan to close a massive $300 million budget hole. The proposal also includes raising El rides fares to $3 from $2.25 for a single ride, as well as the cost of a monthly pass. “They want to mimic what City Hall did with the …