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Unanimous: Legislature votes to dissolve mass transit agency; Homewood gains control of train station lots

At a time when the country is famously divided, the Illinois legislature found common ground on at least one issue during the recent session: Both the House and Senate voted unanimously to dissolve the Chicago South Suburban Mass Transit District. 

The vote in the House was 116-0. In the Senate, it was 58-0. 

Assuming the bill is signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the agency that owns several commuter parking lots along Metra’s Electric Line was…

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