How Would A Second Trump Term Affect The Money Flowing Into Illinois?

Federal funding is the state of Illinois’ largest source of revenue. And the city of Chicago depends on it for various projects, including the current Red Line Extension and O’Hare Modernization. But President-Elect Donald Trump has a fraught relationship with the state’s prominent politicians, and has threatened to withhold federal funding from political opposition. How could a second Trump term affect the money that Illinois and Chicago receive from the federal government, and will projects like these stall during the next four years? Reset sits down with : Justin Marlowe, research professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy to learn more. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.