State Senator Karina Villa--Cautiously Optimistic

About this episode

State Senator Karina Villa discusses her race for comptroller and shares her cautious optimism about the upcoming midterms amidst budget concerns and taxation issues in Illinois.

Maria Pappas speaks the truth about handouts to the Bears. Ben riffs. Karina Villa gives us the low down on her race for comptroller, the impact of Trump cuts on Illinois, the states’s misplaced budget priorities, the need to tax the rich and why she’s cautiously, very cautiously, optimistic about November’s midterms. Karina is the state senator from the 25th district.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Ben Joravsky

Guest: Karina Villa

Topics covered

• Illinois politics
• comptroller race
• Trump cuts
• budget priorities
• taxation
• midterms

Keywords

• Karina Villa
• Ben Joravsky
• Illinois
• comptroller
• Trump cuts
• budget
• tax the rich
• midterms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bears

Places: Illinois

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