The Fort Madison river toll bridge will go cashless starting Dec. 1. Cash will no longer be accepted for toll collection. Drivers will have to use a credit or debit card with a swipe or tap function, ...

Losers in the massive $1.5 billion package enacted to avoid the so-called “financial cliff” for mass transit are motorists, mainly those in the suburbs surrounding Chicago.

Illinois lawmakers moved quietly overnight on a major transportation bill that could reshape how the state funds and manages transit.

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 plan to overhaul CTA, Pace, and Metra. Drivers will pay 45 cents more per toll to ...

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

Illinois lawmakers approved a new, $1.5 billion transit funding bill for public transportation agencies, mainly in the Chicago area, this week.

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A new Illinois Policy Institute report reignites debate over how schools are run and how much top administrators are paid, but one national education expert warns district consolidation could make ...

Another vote on stopgap funding to end the partial federal government shutdown failed Wednesday, with Illinois senators voting along party lines. Democratic Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin voted ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Speaker 1: Bob, right before we got on this call, one of our producers actually ...

Bret Bielema’s Illinois football team will make a nearly 1,800-mile trek to the Pacific Northwest ahead of a 2:30 p.m. kick on Saturday against Washington at Husky Stadium in Seattle. College Football ...