内容摘要：Asked Friday if he had a response to recent questions about his mental and physical health, he smiled and engaged with the reporter.

Asked Friday if he had a response to recent questions about his mental and physical health, he smiled and engaged with the reporter.

Public transit agencies across the U.S. have beenspurred by declining ridership and the impending sunset of federal

The Chicago area faces particularly bleak service cuts that officials warn could be set in motion as early as Saturday if Illinois legislators adjourn without plugging a $770 million hole in the transportation budget.The big city’s commuters would be hit hard, with the Chicago Transit Authority poised to shut down four of eight elevated train lines and 74 of 127 bus routes under the worst-case scenario. But perhaps no place illustrates the range of potential outcomes more vividly than, whose mayor, Christopher Clark — a lifelong resident — says was once “the metropolis of the Southland” before plants and factories closed and disinvestment took hold.

A Metra train leaves the station across from the Pace Harvey Transportation Center, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Harvey, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)A Metra train leaves the station across from the Pace Harvey Transportation Center, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Harvey, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Already the busiest station for Pace, the region’s suburban bus system that also serves paratransit customers, Harvey recently won state and federal grant money for a state-of-the-art facility that would put the buses under the same roof as the Metra commuter rail stop a block away. Plans eventually call for a high-speed bus line connecting the Harvey station to the Red Line L train that cuts through the downtown Chicago Loop.

Such an upgrade could be an economic boon for Harvey, where now-vacant businesses are found on almost every downtown block and where more than 1 in 4 residents live below the poverty line. But even if the new station is built, ending or severely cutting the buses and trains that pass through could send the city reeling in the opposite direction.Gov. Jeff Landry ordered an investigation into the jailbreak several days after the inmates escaped on May 16. Williams had initially described the inquiry as a “joint effort” with the Attorney General Liz Murrill and toured the jail with her as part of the probe.

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson accused Williams’ role in the investigation as being “fueled by personal animus and political campaigning” according to a court filing earlier this week reviewed by The Associated Press. Williams denied these allegations.Earlier this year, Williams endorsed his employee Michelle Woodfork to replace Hutson as sheriff in 2026. Woodfork declined to comment.

In a statement, Williams said the recusal motion had not been granted because there were “no legal grounds to support it.”Judge Nandi Campbell, who received the motion for recusal, declined to comment.