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

The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend ...

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

A funding crisis, the result of the refusal of Democrats and Republicans to tax the wealthy, threatens catastrophic service ...

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

Illinois state lawmakers spent hours on Thursday debating a proposal to overhaul the state's mass transit systems, though ...

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

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

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit ...

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

Legislation to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Illinois Senate 32-22 shortly late Saturday, but the measure — ...

“No funding without reform” has been a common mantra among Illinois legislators working to hash out a solution for Chicago's transit crisis before leaving Springfield on Saturday at the end of ...