SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State lawmakers passed the budget for the next fiscal year, meeting their midnight deadline. Leaders worked late into the evening with just minutes to spare last night to pass the ...

Ambitious California politicians are already eyeing a new office that will be a natural launchpad to the governorship. But ...

Frank Sarka and Ed Niemarowicz, of Manistee, were found guilty of taking perch from Lake, and catching bass and blue gills ...

The Illinois General Assembly ended its legislative session without resolving a $770 million budget gap affecting train, bus ...

State lawmakers missed a deadline Saturday to fill a $770 million budget gap being faced by the Regional Transportation ...

Chicago-area transit operations will face draconian cuts to service in the next fiscal year after Illinois legislators on ...

With the region’s transportation budget still on the line, riders face uncertainty.

A funding crisis, the result of the refusal of Democrats and Republicans to tax the wealthy, threatens catastrophic service ...

Chicago-area transit agencies will begin planning for massive service cuts in the wake of the legislature’s failure to ...

Legislation to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Illinois Senate 32-22 shortly late Saturday, but the measure — ...

The General Assembly didn't give final approval for a package to reform the transit agencies serving the Chicago area, even ...

The Regional Transportation Authority of Northern Illinois, which oversees financing and planning for three Chicago-area transit agencies, warned in March it faces a fiscal cliff in 2026 as ...