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

CTA, Metra, and Pace officials are preparing "doomsday budgets" after Illinois state lawmakers didn't address the Chicago area mass transit system's massive budget shortfall during the spring ...

A long-running federal anti-violence program will be expanding to downtown Chicago and mass transit for the first time this ...

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

Illinois lawmakers failed to address a $771 million hole in the transportation budget before the legislative session ended on ...

With COVID-era funding set to dry up, Illinois officials are scrambling to address public transit concerns, with one new plan drawing intense scrutiny.

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

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

A significant overhaul of public transit in the Chicago area to address a looming fiscal cliff stalled in the House over the weekend.

Illinois lawmakers have introduced a bill to restructure Chicago area transit agencies — but the bill does not address the ...

While Illinois lawmakers didn't pass a package to fund the Chicago region's transit agencies, it's not too lake, a key lawmaker said.

The fiscal cliff facing Chicago’s three transit service boards — the CTA, Metra and Pace — provides such an opportunity. The Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees the service ...