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Illinois Residents Urge Lawmakers to Act on Transit, Energy Bills

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As part of a “People Over Polluters” event, more than 100 local environmental advocates traveled to the state capital to lobby during the state’s short fall veto session.

By Andrew Montequin

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—To meet with state lawmakers here, Michael Churchill, 24, left his home south of Chicago at 3 a.m. Wednesday, took a rideshare to a commuter rail station and switched to the L train to get downtown before catching an Amtrak train to the state Capitol Building.

Illinois Residents Urge Lawmakers to Act on Transit, Energy Bills
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