Chicago’s proposed transit overhaul leaves key problems intact, critics warn—jeopardizing integration, equity and oversight of multibillion-dollar projects.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed his seventh state budget, balanced as he promised with cuts, taxes and one-time revenue boosts but leaving for future months the battle over one major spending ...

The city is facing up to its own massive transit deficit, caused in large part, like Chicago’s, by the expiration of federal pandemic aid and exacerbated by ridership numbers ...

Chicago’s plight mirrors transit disasters nationwide. Philadelphia’s SEPTA proposes 45 percent service cuts and a 9:00 p.m. rail curfew. San Francisco and New York face similar shortfalls.

Following comments about the station, its past, and role for the future, Pritzker took questions from reporters on a variety ...

Roughly 50,000 people are expected in Chicago for the DNC, and local leaders are keen to buff up Chicago's pandemic-dinged image as Chicago's transit system overall ridership sat at 60% of pre ...

ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch The Chicago mayor adding that there needs to be a sense of urgency after lawmakers failed to come up with a plan to fund mass transit.

State Sen. Donald DeWitte, R-St. Charles, will not be seeking reelection in 2026, according to a recent announcement from the ...

During a Tuesday news conference to celebrate Union Station’s centennial, leaders highlighted the station’s history, ...

With federal COVID-19 funding expiring at the end of the year, the transit agencies are facing a $770 million dollar shortfall in 2026. Without new funding from the state, the agencies have warned ...