Inside Bears Stadium Drama: Why Newly Rescheduled Hearing Is Big

It felt like the world froze from half a second when the news dropped. After three years of trying to get the “megaprojects” bill onto the legislative agenda, word came out that the hearing for it was cancelled in Springfield. Not long after that leaked, Indiana passed a key bill that would lay the groundwork for infrastructure and property tax incentives meant to lure the Chicago Bears south. Most took that as a sign that Illinois had fumbled the ball at the one-yard line. However, as always, the situation is more nuanced than that.