State Rep. Kam Buckner

from The Fran Spielman Show · host Chicago Sun-Times

In the final days of the Illinois General Assembly’s spring session, host Fran Spielman interviews State Rep. Kam Buckner about last-minute legislating, the $59 billion budget, and the House-passed Megaprojects Bill aimed at keeping the Chicago Bears in Illinois by allowing negotiated property tax payments. Buckner discusses mayor–governor tensions, other pending bills on housing, school cell phones, hemp regulation, and revenue ideas, and calls for smarter responses to teen takeovers.

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