another big day in Springfield

Add comment January 10th, 2008

Democratic leaders are pushing forward with plans to bail out Chicago-area mass transit systems, even though there’s no agreement on a statewide capital construction plan.

On Wednesday, the House cleared two such Chicago-centric plans. Today, we’ll see whether the Senate follows the House’s lead.

Also today, the House is expected to vote on whether to accept Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s changes to the so-called BIMP, which means huge money for Illinois schools. The Senate accepted the governor’s changes on Wednesday.