Zach Zaidman

Let's just get to the story yesterday.

In Indiana, Governor Mike Braun signed the bill that now will empower the authority to do what they want to do.

Acquire the land, test it, and eventually build a football stadium in Hammond for the Chicago Bears.

Meanwhile, in Springfield, you had progress being made as well.

Maybe not as much as some people had hoped, but there was progress with the Arlington Heights movement.

How would you interpret for people wondering, what happened yesterday?

How big was it?

What do you think?

We're talking with Jeff Buchholz from the WBBM, the political editor for our sister station here on Mullinghaw, Chicago Sports Radio 104.3, The Score.

Jeff, a couple things surprised me yesterday.

One was Stephen Maher, who testified the Chicago acting chief financial officer

In opposition to the bill about the bears still wanting to maybe stay on the lakefront with the plan that I thought that had already been considered and rejected.

And secondly, it was still this dispute or maybe debate is the better word over the remaining debt.

from the Soldier Field renovation back in 2003.

We had talked to Cam Buckner, State Representative Cam Buckner, yesterday morning about that, and he didn't seem to think it would be an issue, and yet it did come up.

The Chicago problem, as it has been referred to, how do they address that?

They would have to expand the capacity.

And I don't know about the other safety concerns or security, but those are very good questions that we just can't answer.

Go ahead.

Well, I think also that's a very good answer.