IL Speaker: 'We Have Time' to Address Transit Fiscal Cliff

Public transit agencies in Illinois begin planning for ‘doomsday’ funding scenario

Transit agencies in northern Illinois are facing a $771 million annual combined budget gap — and lawmakers did not pass funding reform legislation by a May 31 deadline.

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* ICYMI: House Dems’ transit point man says special session is possible. Crain’s… “I’d be open to [a special session],” said Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, one of the legislative leaders in the Illinois House of Representatives. “We’ve got to first come to an agreement. . . .There is nothing right now that we can pass [...]

IL Speaker: ‘We have time’ to address transit fiscal cliff – Center Square

Gov. JB Pritzker said the state would not address the fiscal cliff alone: “There are lots of sources, right, the counties where there are residents who are affected, the city of Chicago, Cook County, too, and the riders themselves."

IL Speaker: 'We have time' to address transit fiscal cliff

(The Center Square) – The speaker of the Illinois House says state lawmakers still have time to fund public transit.

No area lawmakers join state House vote for Shapiro transit package

Shapiro transit funding bill passes the House with some GOP votes in favor -- and one area Democrat among the no votes.

Funding Muni and BART: Should the very rich also pay?

The Chron had a forum Wednesday with the directors of BART and Muni and state Sen. Scott Wiener to talk about the future of transit in the Bay Area—and I really wanted to ask Wiener a question. The senator typically doesn’t respond to my calls and texts, so I bought a ticket to the event at Manny’s. (It was the second time I’ve ever been there. The first was to see Jane Fonda, who got sick and had to leave.) The prognosis from the two transit le…