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Chicago transit crisis: As legislative session ends, funding crisis threatens massive service cuts and layoffs
A funding crisis, the result of the refusal of Democrats and Republicans to tax the wealthy, threatens catastrophic service ...
5 things Illinois lawmakers did and didn’t get done in spring session
Budget talks took up most of the political bandwidth in the waning hours of the legislative session, leaving the big transit ...
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Illinois Senate's transit funding and delivery tax proposal stalls in House
With public transit agencies in Chicagoland facing a fiscal cliff and the potential for thousands of layoffs, the state did ...
Illinois has a $770M hole in the transit budget that could leave commuters stranded
The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend ...
A bill to reform Chicago's mass transit and charge a $1.50 delivery fee stalls in Illinois House
Legislation to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Illinois Senate 32-22 shortly late Saturday, but the measure — ...
‘Doomsday' scenario possible, experts warn, as Illinois transit reform stalls
Legislators were unable to hash out a solution for Chicago's transit crisis before leaving Springfield on Saturday at the end ...
Latest transit proposal would hike tolls, tax ride-shares to avoid $771M fiscal cliff
Illinois lawmakers consider a toll hike and other measures to address an expected $771 million financial shortfall for ...
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The business community just dodged big tax hikes in Springfield — but perhaps not for good
Rideshare, delivery and digital ad taxes were left out of Illinois’ new budget, but business leaders warn the fight could ...