July 15, 2010
Governor Rod Blagojevich says with the next transit doomsday fast approaching, he's asked lawmakers back to Springfield for a special session next Wednesday.
The Governor hopes the legislature will pass a long-term funding plan for the CTA, PACE, and Metra...all Chicago-area mass transit agencies.
Two short term bailouts have so far kept the agencies from increasing fares and cutting service.
Those plans are scheduled to end in January.
Blagojevich and lawmakers have been unable to break a logjam over transit funding, a massive statewide construction program and a proposed casino expansion to pay for it all.
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