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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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 ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The MTA is alerting New Yorkers that a round of fake toll text messages is being sent out to unsuspecting customers. The messages claim that money is owed and include a phishing ...