After months of talk about service cuts and mass layoffs, lawmakers in Springfield passed a funding plan for the CTA and other public transit early Friday morning.

The House and Senate approved the $1.5B spending plan on mainly party-line votes with Democratic supermajorities prevailing.

After months of talk about service cuts and mass layoffs, lawmakers in Springfield passed a funding plan for the CTA and other public transit early Friday morning. The House and Senate approved the $1.5B spending plan on mainly party-line votes with Democratic supermajorities prevailing.

State lawmakers pass $1.5B funding bill for CTA and mass transit

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State lawmakers pass $1.5B funding bill for CTA and mass transit

State lawmakers pass $1.5B funding bill for CTA and mass transit