The transit bill passed early Friday (Oct. 31) by Illinois legislators doesn’t just address the financial needs and governing ...

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 ...

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.

Metra said on X just after 12:30 p.m. that outbound train No. 2113, scheduled to arrive in Fox Lake at 12:15 p.m. hit a vehicle near Grayslake. A Metra spokesperson said the driver of that vehicle ...

The transit revenue package relies on increasing the transit sales tax in the six-county region and transportation related ...

One person was killed and a second person was injured after a Metra train crashed into a vehicle in Hainesville on Thursday ...

A person was killed when a Metra train struck a vehicle near Grayslake, Illinois, north of Chicago on Thursday afternoon.

A new proposal to fund Chicago’s transit agencies was introduced on Tuesday (Oct. 28) in the state’s House of Representatives. By Wednesday, it appeared to be dead. Gov. JB Pritzker said at a ...