Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-Westchester) was at Chicago's Union Station Thursday morning to tout a ...

Coming into October, transit districts from Chicago to Springfield were staring down the side of a fiscal cliff. Costs are up ...

The Illinois General Assembly passed a compromise bill to fund public transportation, including CTA, Metra and Pace, with the ...

Illinois state lawmakers passed a new $1.5 billion transit funding package without increasing taxes statewide. Senate Bill ...

Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major ...

Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Hillside Democrat, said lawmakers gave the Regional Transportation Authority power to raise the ...

Stiede, President of Teamsters Joint Council 25: "The passage of SB2111 HA3 by the Illinois legislature is a colossal victory. This is a comprehensive solution that creates viable, long-term sources ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a $1.5 billion transit funding bill without large statewide tax increases that were previously ...

The bill would use tolls and gas taxes to expand rail and bus service. Republicans criticized the deal for taking money from ...

The The Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act comes as the RTA faced a budget gap of more than $200 million. State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without ...

After multiple failed legislative proposals, state lawmakers finally got a transit funding deal across the finish line in the early morning hours on Friday. Gov. JB Pritzker ...

A bill that would raise the cost of Illinois tolls was passed Friday and sent to Gov. Pritzker to be signed into law. Here's ...