Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 29
• Illinois Policy is back on their… ridiculousness, demanding upgrades to transit that are already in bill, while rejecting new revenue sources to fund them
• Concise summary: “Illinois House Democrats float taxes on streaming services, billionaires to fund Chicago-area transit reform” (Sun-Times)
• Deep dive: “Illinois House Democrats weigh new transit funding plan, eye billionaire and streaming taxes” (Tribune)
• …More on the subject (Capitol Fax [if you’re a subscriber], Capitol News, Crain’s, ABC)
• One weird trick: “A Little-Known Legal Loophole Has Scrambled State Efforts to Save Transit Agencies From Financial Disaster” (Illinois Answers Project)
• Chicago alders travel to Springfield to lobby for Johnson’s budget proposal, transit funding (ABC)
• Hit-and-run driver of red Ford Fusion sedan w/ plate BN 64959 seriously injured bike rider Tuesday around 4:35 PM at Van Buren / Damen (Fox)
• Sheffield nabe group allegedly blocked Divvy station: “Basically an email chain where people were ranting — ‘I hate Divvy,’ ‘We’re losing parking'” (Block Club)
• “La Grange targets unsafe use of e-bikes with restrictions” but allows them to be ridden on sidewalks outside the CBD? (Tribune)
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