The heart of the transit funding package is a decision to use all state motor fuel sales taxes to fund mass transit instead of sending that cash to the Road Fund.

The Illinois General Assembly passed a compromise bill to fund public transportation, including CTA, Metra and Pace, with the ...

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That ...

The $1.5 billion funding package also creates a new regional governing body for the system: the Northern Illinois Transit ...

Plan includes a state motor fuel sales tax, using interest from the state’s road fund, a sales tax increase in the Chicago metro area and a sharp increase in tolls on the Illinois Tollway.

Illinois lawmakers approved a $1.5 billion funding plan to support public transit agencies without imposing the statewide ...

The Skokie Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing woman last seen Wednesday morning boarding a CTA bus in Chicago.

CHICAGO — Illinois Democrats are proposing tax hikes that could help fund the CTA’s budget shortfall of $200 million. The Illinois General Assembly is meeting for the second time in October ...

Holyhead Port is being used as a backdoor route for illegal immigration, it’s been claimed. So far this year, a total of 177 ...

Article Summary A key Illinois House Democrat filed a bill to raise up to $2 billion to fund public transportation ...

Workers represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 were out at CTA Blue and Red Line stations to inform people about the possible impact of the cuts.

Heads up for CTA riders who will be out and about this weekend: Four busy train lines in the Loop will be shut down.