# Rich Miller: Progressives demand more for social services as Bears stadium deal gains steam Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast-4534/rich-miller-progressives-demand-more-for-social-services-as-bears-stadium-deal-gains-steam Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast-4534/rich-miller-progressives-demand-more-for-social-services-as-bears-stadium-deal-gains-steam.md Podcast: [Shaw Local's Bears Insider Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast-4534) Published: 2026-05-05T15:00:01+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/rich-miller-progressives-demand-more-for-social-services-as-bears-stadium-deal-gains-steam--71878230 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71878230/019df8add527_019df8ad_d527_7d37_a29d_3b9c2b8f10f1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast-4534/episodes/rich-miller-progressives-demand-more-for-social-services-as-bears-stadium-deal-gains-steam Duration seconds: 335 ## Resource Illinois faces a structural budget crisis: tax hikes, not economic growth, are keeping the state solvent – and that strategy is running out of runway. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast-4534/episodes/rich-miller-progressives-demand-more-for-social-services-as-bears-stadium-deal-gains-steam/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast-4534/rich-miller-progressives-demand-more-for-social-services-as-bears-stadium-deal-gains-steam.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.