Local transit agencies are facing a budget gap of nearly $800 million. The Illinois Senate has passed a bill to provide ...

With no revenue resolution yet in sight, the service agencies — the CTA, Metra and Pace — need to begin contingency planning ...

Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. may leave City Hall — eyeing the CHA, Congress or private sector — and pass his seat to one of his ...

Chicago area transit agencies face a $770 million fiscal cliff after lawmakers ended the spring session without a funding ...

A coalition of 25 suburban mayors is beseeching lawmakers to think twice before approving a transit rescue plan they say is ...

The “unavoidable” catastrophe is the direct result of a political system that treats transit as a commodity rather than a ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration never undertook a formalized national search for a new Chicago Transit Authority ...

Illinois' 2026 fiscal year started Tuesday, but more money for public transit is not in the budget, leaving transit leaders ...

Everyone deserves quality public education and transit, whether residing in the Gold Coast or Roseland, Little Village or ...

State not responsible for fixing transit crisis alone,” (June 17) rightly observes that transit funding is a regional issue.

Transit agency officials in Chicagoland met this week and formally began the process of planning for next year’s budget, including drawing up plans for major service cuts and potential layoffs. It’s ...

It's unclear if lawmakers will approve the $770 million needed to cover transit agencies’ budget holes in 2026 when federal pandemic aid runs out. But the feared 40% “doomsday” service cuts are not ...