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

Illinois lawmakers passed a compromise bill to fund public transit in an overnight session, delivering $1.5 billion in new funding for mass transit systems across the state, and creating a new ...

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

Sierra Hodges, 32, from Skokie, was last seen around 6:30 a.m. Thursday boarding an eastbound CTA bus at 26th Street and ...

After months of talk of service cuts and mass layoffs, lawmakers in Springfield passed a funding plan for the CTA and other ...

Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Hillside Democrat, said lawmakers gave the Regional Transportation Authority power to raise the ...

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

State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without large statewide tax increases previously ...

Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a new plan to keep Chicago-area public transit running. The plan hikes sales taxes in the Chicago ...

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 ...