Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch defends revenue choices made in $1.5B mass transit bail-out

from The Fran Spielman Show · host Chicago Sun-Times

In this episode, host Fran Spielman interviews Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch following the passage of a transformative $1.5 billion mass transit bailout package. Welch discusses the collaborative efforts with Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly to avoid service cuts, layoffs, and fare hikes in the CTA, Metra and PACE.

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