Illinois lawmakers could expand lockbox-restricted road fund uses

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Illinois lawmakers are, again, seeking to expand how state transportation tax revenue could be spent.

Members of the Illinois House Revenue and Finance Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would allow suburban Chicago counties to spend tax revenue that is protected by the state constitution’s lockbox amendment on “nonvehicular public travel, sidewalks, and bike paths.”

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