OTL #987: Trying to avoid an Illinois transit fiscal cliff, New "emergency" rules for prison communication

Update: 2025-09-13

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Mike Stephen discusses the work being done to avoid a transit fiscal cliff in Illinois with state representative Kam Buckner (26th) and John Greenfield, editor of Streetsblog Chicago. Then, John Howard Association executive director Jennifer Vollen-Katz discusses new "emergency" rules put in place to regulate communication with those who are incarcerated in state prisons.

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OTL #987: Trying to avoid an Illinois transit fiscal cliff, New "emergency" rules for prison communication

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OTL #987: Trying to avoid an Illinois transit fiscal cliff, New "emergency" rules for prison communication

Mike Stephen

OTL #987: Trying to avoid an Illinois transit fiscal cliff, New "emergency" rules for prison communication