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ILLINOIS – Today, U.S. Congressional Republicans passed the most extreme, expensive, and anti-environment budget reconciliation bill in history, wiping out good-paying clean energy jobs and raising energy costs for families by gutting the historic progress made in the bipartisan Inflation Reduction Act. The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition released the following statement:  “For months, we’ve joined…

CHICAGO – Following the RTA Board Meeting in which the transit authority detailed the need for potential cuts, station closures, and layoffs, Tim Drea, on behalf of the Labor Alliance for Public Transportation and Dany Robles, on behalf of the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, are calling on Springfield to take swift and immediate action to…

Illinois – On Sunday, the Illinois General Assembly adjourned without finalizing a solution to the so-called transit fiscal cliff–the Northeast Illinois transit agencies’ $770 million budget deficit. As a result, CTA, Metra, and Pace will face dramatic cuts, transit workers will be laid off, and everyday transit riders, visitors, and commuters across the state will…

Illinois – Today, the Illinois General Assembly failed to pass legislation to protect consumers and build more clean energy, just one day before energy bills are expected to spike across the state for at least the next year. The legislature’s inability to pass the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act this spring comes at…

SPRINGFIELD, IL. – United in support of a negotiated transit bill that addresses Illinois’ transit fiscal cliff and offers long overdue reforms to improve public transit across Illinois, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition (ICJC) and Labor Alliance for Public Transportation (LAPT) urge the Illinois General Assembly to vote YES in support of HB3438.  With the…

Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition urges support for legislation that creates and fully funds a regionally-oriented, rider-centered transit system Illinois – Representative Eva-Dina Delgado has introduced SB2111 (House Amendment 001) and Senator Ram Villivalam has introduced HB3438 (Senate Amendment 002)–monumental legislation that would implement significant reforms to Northeast Illinois’ broken transit system to make it safer,…

CHICAGO, IL — With just days left to avert a fiscal cliff and a 40% cut in transit service that could leave Chicagoans without a way to get to work, school and doctor’s appointments, the Chicago City Council voted overwhelmingly to support a resolution calling on the Illinois General Assembly to it reform Northeastern Illinois’…

Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition’s Climate Action Lobby Day fell just hours before the US House passed a budget that dismantles key federal climate protections Illinois – Early Thursday morning, House Republicans passed a reconciliation bill that wipes out good-paying clean energy jobs and raises energy costs for families by gutting the historic progress made in…