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

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

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

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

Stiede, President of Teamsters Joint Council 25: "The passage of SB2111 HA3 by the Illinois legislature is a colossal victory. This is a comprehensive solution that creates viable, long-term sources ...

Illinois must keep an eye on the way Gov. JB Pritzker handles pension reform, which is the next long-standing concern on the state’s agenda.

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 ...

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 ...

The bill would use tolls and gas taxes to expand rail and bus service. Republicans criticized the deal for taking money from ...

Illinois State Rep. Gregg Johnson talks about the long overnight sessions it took to obtain money in a transit bill for ...

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