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

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That ...

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

With the clock ticking down to avert an impending public transit fiscal cliff, Illinois Democrats in the pre-dawn hours ...

Kam Buckner (D-Chicago) sits down with ChicagoLIVE's Anita Blanton to break down the newly passed transit bill that secures ...

The Bus Priority Corridor Study will explore ways to make bus travel faster, more convenient, and more comfortable on five ...

Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Hillside Democrat, said lawmakers gave the Regional Transportation Authority power to raise the ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said a proposal to tax billionaires’ assets and enact other levies to help fund the Chicago ...

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

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

Illinois ranks last among peer states in state support for public transit, covering just 17% of costs while most states fund ...

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