Riders on Chicago Transit Authority trains and buses can breathe a sigh of relief this weekend, and so can travelers on Metra trains and Pace buses. So can Chicago’s tourist and entertainment industry ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The The Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act comes as the RTA faced a budget gap of more than $200 million. State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without ...

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

State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies that avoided large statewide tax increases but ...

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

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