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State lawmakers missed a deadline Saturday to fill a $770 million budget gap being faced by the Regional Transportation ...
After months of grave warnings by Chicago-area transit leaders, unions and commuters, the Illinois General Assembly passed a ...
The $55 billion budget plan unveiled Friday night by Democratic leadership would include new taxes on gambling as well as ...
A bill to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Senate 32-22 shortly before midnight, but the measure — and its ...
A version of the bill passed in the Senate, sponsored by Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago. But the House adjourned early Sunday ...
Legislators were seemingly on board with the latest plan to reform the Chicago-area transit system — but miles apart on how ...
Illinois lawmakers consider a toll hike and other measures to address an expected $771 million financial shortfall for ...
Chicago-area transit operations will face draconian cuts to service in the next fiscal year after Illinois legislators on ...
A significant overhaul of public transit in the Chicago area to address a looming fiscal cliff stalled in the House over the weekend.
The Senate approved a measure reforming regional transit and providing funding to avoid a fiscal cliff, but the House does ...
The delivery tax replaces previous revenue streams loathed by the suburbs and labor, but faces resistance of its own.
The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend ...