Officials with bus companies in Chicago say they're facing an extra challenge. Many candidates cannot pass background checks. BRENDYN MORGAN: We'll get, you know, some 2,000 apps in a given season.

A student walks off the bus at Willa Cather Elementary School, 2908 W. Washington Blvd. in East Garfield Park, for the first day of school for Chicago Public Schools, Monday morning, Aug. 22, 2022.

Early in 2022, migrants—largely from Venezuela—were crossing the border into Texas by the tens of thousands, turning ...

Service started in Chicago helps students book ride-hailing cars to get to class on time. ... Only 17,000 of the district’s 325,000 students are eligible for school bus rides.

Earlier this week, Tesla unveiled a small fleet of robotaxis in Austin, marking the first time the EV powerhouse’s driverless ...

Before sunrise on school days, 7-year-old Laike Glesne used to lug his backpack from a Chicago public bus to a train and then a second train to get to his second grade classroom 20 miles south of ...

Citing the district’s progress, Illinois state education officials are no longer formally monitoring Chicago Public Schools to ensure that students with disabilities don’t have overly long bus ...

Elementary and high school students in the Chicago area can ride for free on Metra, Pace, and the CTA on ... Students 12 and older will pay the full fare of $2.25 for buses and $2.50 for trains.

PiggyBack Network, co-founder and CEO Ismael El-Amin sits in his car for a portrait with the PiggyBack ride-share App Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Chicago.

After the bus route that took her two kids to elementary school was canceled, Jazmine Dillard and other Chicago parents thought they had convinced the school to move up the opening bell from 8:45 ...