The Illinois General Assembly passed a compromise bill to fund public transportation, including CTA, Metra and Pace, with the ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-Westchester) was at Chicago's Union Station Thursday morning to tout a ...

Coming into October, transit districts from Chicago to Springfield were staring down the side of a fiscal cliff. Costs are up ...

The The Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act comes as the RTA faced a budget gap of more than $200 million. State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a $1.5 billion transit funding bill without large statewide tax increases that were previously ...

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. Dozens of bus lines were on the chopping block, they warned, along with whole ...

Illinois lawmakers approved a $1.5 billion transit package, including long-delayed Moline-to-Chicago rail, hailed by ...

In an overnight marathon session, the Illinois General Assembly has passed a massive $1.5 billion bill to address a looming ...

Lawmakers hope to clear the transit bill Wednesday during the General Assembly's veto session, though it's not clear if ...

The bill establishes new oversight committees while generating $1.5 billion in funding without creating new taxes.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed a bill to fund Chicago transit and make "transformative change to Downstate transit" due to its ...