Illinois lawmakers pass mass transit funding bill. Here’s what that means for CTA, Metra and Pace riders.

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

Illinois lawmakers approve $1.5B legislative package to buoy mass transit

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

Illinois Democrats push through massive $1.5 billion plan that overhauls Chicago-area public transit

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

$1.5B transit deal: What changed in Illinois’ plan? | ChicagoLIVE

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

Illinois General Assembly passes transit funding bill overnight, raising $1.5 billion for CTA, Metra, Pace

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

Illinois House Speaker Welch stands by revenue choices made in $1.5B mass transit bailout

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

Illinois House Democrats float transit funding plan, but Gov. JB Pritzker says "it's not going forward"

With the annual veto session in Springfield drawing to a close on Thursday, Illinois lawmakers are racing to figure out how ...

CTA calls for feedback on plans to upgrade to bus service on 5 major Chicago corridors

The Bus Priority Corridor Study will explore ways to make bus travel faster, more convenient, and more comfortable on five ...
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Illinois lawmakers hike toll roads and sales taxes to fund Chicago-area transit

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

The Illinois legislature has passed a package of funding measures to support Chicago-area transit agencies, while also ...
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Lawmakers approve $1.5 billion transit funding package with 45 cent toll increase

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

Illinois House passes public transit funding bill to address RTA budget gap

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 ...