SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — State lawmakers are set to return to Springfield Tuesday for a two-week veto session. The six days of the session will be jam-packed with discussions on Chicago transit, energy and criminal justice reform.

The spring session ended with Illinois House leaders pumping the brakes on a massive funding and reform plan for Chicago transit companies. Many representatives and advocates were concerned about the potential $1.50 tax on all retail deliveries with motor vehicles.

The delivery tax would have impacted everything from Amazon deliveries and DoorDash orders to medication shipments. Every Senate Republican voted against the idea.

"I am even more convinced that the people of Illinois will rise up in opposition to this," said Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet). "They

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