The trend is bad news for the Chicago Transit Authority and its interim leader Nora Leerhsen, who points to positive trends on the transit system as she tries to appease the federal government.

On the Daily Gist, reporter John Pletz sketched out the big ideas reformers are pushing, from modest governance changes to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD — With the clock ticking down to avert an impending public transit fiscal cliff, Illinois Democrats in the pre-dawn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems.

CHICAGO – Cities and states across the country are reckoning with a major funding crisis for mass transit, and Chicago has become the latest city to fall off its “fiscal cliff,” failing to guarantee ...

A Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train waits at the Forest Park, Illinois station for the eastern journey to downtown Chicago on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. [AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast] The ...

Stakeholders in the transit systems serving Chicago and its wider metropolitan area have delivered a plan to deal with financial shortfalls driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the "fiscal cliff" ...

Politicians have long urged never to let a crisis go to waste. That is especially true for a crisis that offers a chance to do something about waste itself. The fiscal cliff facing Chicago’s three ...

The Road Fund is a primary statewide account used to pay for or finance road projects through the Illinois Department of ...

While Chicago focused on the part of the Illinois transit bill that bailed out the CTA, Metra and Pace, there was intense interest in a much small provision that could have a big impact for Western ...