After months of grave warnings by Chicago-area transit leaders, unions and commuters, the Illinois General Assembly passed a ...

Budget talks took up most of the political bandwidth in the waning hours of the legislative session, leaving the big transit ...

With public transit agencies in Chicagoland facing a fiscal cliff and the potential for thousands of layoffs, the state did ...

Legislators were unable to hash out a solution for Chicago's transit crisis before leaving Springfield on Saturday at the end ...

Rideshare, delivery and digital ad taxes were left out of Illinois’ new budget, but business leaders warn the fight could ...

Legislation to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Illinois Senate 32-22 shortly late Saturday, but the measure — and its proposed $1.50 tax on food and package deliveries — never got out of ...

Illinois lawmakers consider a toll hike and other measures to address an expected $771 million financial shortfall for ...

State lawmakers missed a deadline Saturday to fill a $770 million budget gap being faced by the Regional Transportation ...

Illinois lawmakers have introduced a bill to restructure Chicago area transit agencies — but the bill does not address the ...

Senate Bill 1563 addresses the squatter problem in Illinois, making it easier for police to remove squatters from someone's home — bypassing the months-long eviction process. Right now, squatters can ...

A version of the bill passed in the Senate, sponsored by Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago. But the House adjourned early Sunday ...