Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Using the CTA’s own data, the real picture of ridership is far worse than Illinois Policy’s Ravi Mishra presents. According to this data, CTA rail ridership is 34% of what it was in 2019 and 31% of the high-water mark of 2015.
The CTA is in an abyss. Despite the complete collapse of CTA ridership, the political animals want to paint the walls and dig more dungeons within the abyss they seem unable to acknowledge.
“We need a lot more to do less!” This is the motto of Illinois governmental agencies.
Almost as bad as the CPS