A long-awaited train connecting Chicago with the Quad Cities is a big step closer to reality after a massive transit bill ...

Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus deficit next year that would likely result in major cuts to bus and rail service at the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace.

A longtime purveyor of the dangerous practice in Chicago tends to agree, pointing to the deaths and injuries on the New York ...

A growing community search effort is underway after 25-year-old Sierra Hodges of Skokie was reported missing following her last known ...

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

After months of talk of service cuts and mass layoffs, lawmakers in Springfield passed a funding plan for the CTA and other public transit early Friday. The $1.5B spending plan on mainly party-line ...

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

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.

In an overnight marathon session, the Illinois General Assembly has passed a massive $1.5 billion bill to address a looming ...

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

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday expressed skepticism about some of the revenue streams House Democrats pitched in a transit ...

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