Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD — With the clock ticking down to avert an impending public transit fiscal cliff, Illinois Democrats in the pre-dawn ...

A Chicago Transit Authority Train known as the “L” makes a turn on the system’s “Loop” in downtown Chicago on Sept. 10, 2025. A yearslong effort to overhaul and improve funding for Chicago’s public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the General Assembly met in late October for its veto session, one of the most critical matters on its agenda was passing ...

The doors are closing on the opportunity for the Illinois Legislature to find hundreds of millions in funding for the Chicago area’s mass transit system before it goes off the rails. The table is set ...

Public policy achievements never arrive neat and tidy. The historic transit bill just passed in Springfield was an eleventh-hour reprieve from an unthinkable fiscal cliff and an improved framework for ...

The Chicago Transit Authority bolstered security on the public transport system Friday, a day after President Donald Trump’s administration repeated its threat to withhold $50 million in federal ...

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When the General Assembly met in late October for its veto session, one of the most critical matters on its agenda was passing legislation to pull the Chicago region’s mass transit system back from ...