A long-awaited train connecting Chicago with the Quad Cities is a big step closer to reality after a massive transit bill ...

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.

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

Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus deficit next year that would likely result in major cuts to bus and rail service at the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace.

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

Kane, DuPage and McHenry county mayors “remain very concerned that not having equity in voting on the new NITA board will set them up to be absolutely steamrolled,” state Sen. Don DeWitte said.

A look at weapons ICE uses in Broadview, Chicago By Bob Chiarito. Feds’ weapons: Since the start of President Donald Trump’s ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, is expected to sign the legislation. The state’s Regional Transportation Authority, ...

A longtime purveyor of the dangerous practice in Chicago tends to agree, pointing to the deaths and injuries on the New York ...

A major legislative milestone has been reached in Illinois as lawmakers have approved a groundbreaking bill that would allow terminally ...