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 ...

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

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

The following is a statement from Mark Wallace, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen; Tony ...

Illinois lawmakers approved a $1. 5 billion transit package, including long-delayed Moline-to-Chicago rail, hailed by ...

After multiple failed legislative proposals, state lawmakers finally got a transit funding deal across the finish line in the early morning hours on Friday. Gov. JB Pritzker ...

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

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

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

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