State Senate’s Transit Funding, Proposal for Tax on Deliveries Stalls in House

State Senate’s Transit Funding, Proposal for Tax on Deliveries Stalls in House

A version of the bill passed in the Senate, sponsored by Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago. But the House adjourned early Sunday morning without concurring as some of its tax hikes became too controversial. Now, the future of Chicagoland transit is in limbo as the bill awaits further action.

A bill to reform Chicago’s mass transit and charge a $1.50 delivery fee stalls in Illinois House – Chicago Sun-Times

The $1.50-per delivery tax was billed by supporters as an “environmental impact fee” but slammed by opponents in the business community as a regressive “pizza tax.” It ended up being just as bitter a pill for legislators in the Democratic supermajority to swallow as revenue proposals floated earlier in the waning days of the spring legislative session. A previous draft included a toll hike and a diversion of some suburban sales taxes that prompt…

A bill to reform Chicago's mass transit and charge a $1.50 delivery fee stalls in Illinois House

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers closed out their spring session early Sunday without passing legislation to reform mass transit governance in the Chicago area or direct upwards of $1 billion in new funding to the CTA, Metra and Pace to fend off a $770 million fiscal cliff that looms next year.A bill championed by state Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago, passed the Senate by 32-22 vote shortly before midnight, but the measure — and its proposed $1.…

Senate’s transit funding, delivery tax proposal stalls in House

SPRINGFIELD – With public transit agencies in Chicagoland facing a fiscal cliff and the potential for thousands of layoffs, the state did not pass a bill that would have provided the agencies with potentially over $1 billion in new funding.

Illinois Senate’s transit funding, delivery tax proposal stalls in House – Muddy River News

SPRINGFIELD – With public transit agencies in Chicagoland facing a fiscal cliff and the potential for thousands of layoffs, the state did not pass a bill that would have provided the agencies with potentially over $1 billion in new funding. A version of the bill passed in the Senate, sponsored by Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago. But the House adjourned early Sunday morning without concurring as some of its tax hikes became too controversial. Now,…