When the General Assembly met in late October for its veto session, one of the most critical matters on its agenda was passing legislation to pull the Chicago region’s mass transit system back from ...

The second-largest transit system in the US is benefiting from municipal bond investors looking to put billions of dollars to work. The Chicago Transit Authority sold about $530 million in ...

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A Chicago Transit Authority Train known as the “L” makes a turn on the system’s “Loop” in downtown Chicago on Sept. 10, 2025. A yearslong effort to overhaul and improve funding for Chicago’s public ...

CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Violent crimes on Chicago’s public transit system have increased in recent weeks, leaving local officials searching for solutions amid threats by the federal government to ...

Chicago-area public transportation agencies won’t need to raise fares, cut routes or lay off workers next year after state lawmakers approved a bill overhauling public transit, the head of the ...

Marlene Hopkins took the helm of the nation’s third largest building department in March of 2024 following her nomination by Mayor Brandon Johnson and was unanimously confirmed as Commissioner of the ...