The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend ...

Illinois state lawmakers spent hours on Thursday debating a proposal to overhaul the state's mass transit systems, though ...

Illinois lawmakers say they’re aiming to pass legislation by the end of the month that would avoid a fiscal cliff for transit agencies like the CTA, Metra and Pace.

[AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast] The dire warning from the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) about impending “doomsday” cuts to Chicago’s public transit system has ignited a firestorm ...

State lawmakers are wrestling with how to solve Chicago’s ongoing ... funds to be shifted to transit to avoid drastic cuts to Philadelphia’s public transit system last year.

While proponents of separate bills to reform Chicago-area transit said they ... “We have a fragmented transit system that’s not working,” said Joe Ferguson, president of the Civic Federation ...

The “doomsday scenario” for the future of Chicago’s transit system is coming into sharp focus: a $770 million budget deficit threatens thousands of jobs, sweeping service cuts and a crater ...

Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago, has repeatedly ... federal highway funds to be shifted to transit to avoid drastic cuts to Philadelphia’s public transit system last year. Illinois could do the ...