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

Chicago transit riders can expect to pay higher fares in the coming months as both the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Metra move forward with fare increases due to ongoing financial strain.

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That ...

New taxes buy the Chicago Transit Authority some time, but state lawmakers failed fix anything that led to the crisis. Here ...

The RTA, which must approve each of the agencies' budgets this month, had insisted they each include the fare hike, even if ...

Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major ...

Fare hikes anticipated on Metra, Pace and the CTA are off the menu for 2026 following passage of a transit rescue bill, ...

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

Illinois lawmakers recently approved $1.5 billion in new funding for public transportation agencies “without large statewide ...

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

The Transit Enthusiasts, known for their field trips exploring local infrastructure, are advocating to protect local CTA ...

With the annual veto session in Springfield drawing to a close on Thursday, Illinois lawmakers are racing to figure out how ...