SPRINGFIELD — Over the past several months, conversations in the Illinois Capitol about public transit have largely centered around a $770 million fiscal cliff facing Chicago-area agencies and ...

An Illinois state senator from Chicago has urged for a special legislative session to be called to fund public transit, but a ...

Fiscal differences remain as Illinois lawmaker urges for transit special session - “State Sen. Mike Simmons, D-Chicago, made the call ...

(The Center Square) – Chicago mass transit agencies are warning of service cuts and layoffs now that the Illinois legislature has failed to approve a funding plan. The Regional Transit Authority ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Minutes before the clock hit midnight and the calendar flipped to June 1, the Illinois Senate advanced a much-watched legislative proposal to reform and fund public ...

How Illinois transit systems would avert cuts in 2026 is still under discussion, but an overlooked aspect is a law change lawmakers approved in 2024.

SPRINGFIELD — With two days left in the legislative session, lawmakers in Springfield announced a pair of plans for how to reform Chicagoland transit agencies after two years of debate, ...

State legislation to reform and fund regional transit is in danger of collapsing due to disagreements over how to fund the effort, but the lead Senate sponsor says to stay tuned to the final hours ...

A Pace bus travels south on North Michigan Avenue near Superior Street in Chicago on Monday, June 2, 2025, after Illinois lawmakers adjourned their spring legislative session without passing ...

(The Center Square) – Chicago mass transit agencies are warning of service cuts and layoffs now that the Illinois legislature has failed to approve a funding plan. The Regional Transit Authority ...

(The Center Square) – Chicago mass transit agencies are warning of service cuts and layoffs now that the Illinois legislature has failed to approve a funding plan.