Illinois museums want $70 million in taxpayer funds, no match requirements – Center Square

When asked if the museums in Chicago could just ride the economic coattails of the Bears' stadium proposal instead of appropriating the entire $70 million, state Rep. Kam Buckner said no. “It's a proposal. It did not come down from Mount Sinai on stone tablets. They’re going to have to change some of what they’re doing. These places [museums] are institutions of truth and they’ve been threatened a lot. Antisemitism, anti-Black sentiment, anti-Latino sentiment, because they stand for that truth," he said.