Jose Irizarry, a once-standout DEA agent sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money with a Colombian cartel, stands for a portrait during an interview the night before going to a federal detention center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
Without additional state funding, Pace could be forced to halt buses in Harvey and elsewhere on weekends and after 8 p.m. on weekdays, executive director Melinda Metzger said.“The downside for this is disastrous,” she said in an interview at the Harvey stop. “You would be cutting back your service by at least 40%, not giving people viable rides. They might get to work, but they might have a late-night shift and can’t get home, so ridership also would plummet to match the service cuts.”
A Metra train, top, is seen in the tracks across from the Pace Harvey Transportation Center, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Harvey, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)A Metra train, top, is seen in the tracks across from the Pace Harvey Transportation Center, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Harvey, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)Major public transportation agencies across the country have had varying degrees of success lobbying their legislatures for more support with the federal emergency funding set to expire at the end of the year.
The metropolitan area that most closely mirrors Chicago’s current situation iswhich faces a $213 million transportation budget deficit next year, even after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro authorized
to mass transit. Absent more funding, riders could see a 20% spike in fares, a 9 p.m. curfew, and the elimination of 50 bus routes and five regional rail lines, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has said.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a, whose second term expires this summer. Most political power in Poland lies with a government led by a prime minister and parliament, but the president holds the power to veto laws and influences foreign policy.
Sunday’s vote follows a first round on May 18, in which Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski won 31.36% of the vote and Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian, earned 29.54%. Eleven other candidates were eliminated.Nawrocki, a 42-year-old historian with no political experience who is not even a party member, was tapped by Law and Justice as part of a push for a fresh start.
Law and Justice governed Poland from 2015 to 2023, when it lost power to a centrist coalition led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Nawrocki currently heads the Institute of National Remembrance, which embraces nationalist historical narratives. He led efforts to