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 ...

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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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 ...

An Illinois nurses' union filed a complaint against a hospital and its owner over failure to pay an alleged incentive payment promised to nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The petition to compel ...

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The University of Illinois Chicago and the University of Illinois Springfield are paying a for-profit company for each student it recruits to online programs — a practice that would be illegal if done ...