Gov. JB Pritzker pumps brakes on $1.5B transit funding proposal with speed cameras, amusement tax

Stiff opposition to a tax package floated this week by Illinois House Democrats seemed to leave a transit deal in jeopardy as ...

Gov. JB Pritzker skeptical about House Democrats’ tax and fee plans to address public transit

Gov JB Pritzker on Wednesday poured cold water on taxing streaming services, billionaires, adding fees to tickets for large sporting events or concerts and allowing speed cameras to ...

Pritzker pours cold water on latest Chicago transit bailout proposal

House Democrats have dropped a sweeping transit overhaul to bailout Chicago area transit, which would have raised $1.5 ...

Letters: We need the Illinois General Assembly to take action on mass transit now

Right now, Illinois is facing a transit fiscal cliff. By 2027, the CTA, Metra and Pace are projected to face a combined $834 ...

Proposed Illinois mass transit bill includes new taxes, but Pritzker remains wary

A new proposal to fund Illinois’ mass transit with new taxes has been met with some skepticism, including from the state’s ...