Coming into October, transit districts from Chicago to Springfield were staring down the side of a fiscal cliff. Costs are up ...

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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 bill increases tollway charges and the sales tax in some counties but excludes prior proposals to tax entertainment and billionaires.

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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Even though the Trump administration has found ways to pay the troops twice since the shutdown began Oct. 1, the process has ...