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JB Pritzker Defends Billions in CTA Funding as Illinois Rejects Service Cuts and Fare Hikes: 'Invest, Modernize and Build'

Aug 16, 2026 · 02:17 AM ET· updated 48m ago
JB Pritzker Defends Billions in CTA Funding as Illinois Rejects Service Cuts and Fare Hikes: 'Invest, Modernize and Build'

Pritzker defends a $2 billion CTA investment and $1.5 billion annual transit funding, rejecting service cuts and fare hikes.

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Illinois is putting billions of dollars into public buses and trains instead of making them worse or more expensive. This might affect ride-sharing companies like Uber because more people could use public transit instead.

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