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.
State leaders tout new legislation they say will make CTA, Metra, and Pace cleaner, safer, and more reliable — while ...
Illinois lawmakers moved quietly overnight on a major transportation bill that could reshape how the state funds and manages transit.
In 2011, after months of public hearings and detailed presentations, Illinois tollway directors took the controversial step ...
Don't click on it, officials say. It's a scam -- and it may contain a glaring typo. A recent text obtained by NBC Chicago ...
A reduction in flights will affect 40 airports while the federal government shutdown continues, sources have said. Here's the ...
SPRINGFIELD – State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without large statewide tax increases ...
The federal government remains shut down, in what is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Reporters from the NPR Network ...
President Donald Trump’s administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they ...
The toll booth of the Fort Madison Bridge is shown. The bridge’s owner and operator, BNSF Railway, has announced the toll to ...
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Blue States Give Trump a Taste of His Own Shutdown Medicine

The government has been shut down for more than 21 days as of Wednesday, making it the second-longest federal closure in U.S. history. It’s only bested by a 35-day shutdown between 2018 and 2019, ...