Rich Miller: Game plan for Bears stadium bill still in play

About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing developments regarding the Bears stadium bill and the political challenges it faces in the Illinois House.

As the Bears stadium bill advances in the Illinois House, state Rep. Kam Buckner faces pushback from the governor's office and Senate Democrats over surprise changes to the deal. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support .

Topics covered

• Bears stadium bill
• Illinois politics
• legislative process
• government pushback
• state representatives

Keywords

• Bears stadium
• Illinois House
• Kam Buckner
• governor's office
• Senate Democrats
• legislation
• political pushback

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Illinois House, governor's office, Senate Democrats, Bears

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