The 21st Show

In late night push, Illinois lawmakers take on transit, energy, immigration enforcement and ‘medical aid in dying’

Produced by Brian Mackey
 
a silver CTA green line train on yellow elevated tracks with the Chicago skyline in the distance, including the Sears Tower

A Chicago Transit Authority train pulls into the Damen Avenue station in a file photo from 2024. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

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The Illinois General Assembly wrapped up a brief but highly productive fall legislative session in which they tackled the financial problems of mass transit agencies, energy prices, immigration enforcement, and "medical aid in dying" for terminally ill patients.

We’ll talk with a reporter who was covering it well into the early hours of this morning.

Guest

Mike Miletich
Statehouse reporter, WAND-TV