New CTA Funding Reveals Few Details CHICAGO, IL (wqub) - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says he's backing a new plan to fund mass transit without raising sales taxes.
The plan ... supported by House Republican Leader Tom Cross ... has not been released.
Blagojevich declined to give any details.

"You'll hear about it when we work it out with our ... We got a coalition of other legislative leaders that we're working with and I just think it's important for all of us to agree to do it at the same time."

Blagojevich says he wants to announce the mass transit plan with State Senate President Emil Jones.
But a spokeswoman for Jones says the president has only heard rumors of the plan.
The C-T-A says it will cut nearly 40 bus routes and increase fares if it does not receive any state funding by November 4th. © Copyright 2009, wqub