Ald. Bill Conway said he discovered the funding tucked into tax-increment financing reports, with no details on whether the ...

Illinois Democrats last week saved the Chicago Transit Authority from drastic cuts, and Mayor Brandon Johnson from taking ...

For the moment, only part of the job of fixing Chicago-area transit has been completed. There’s still work to do.

With the adult guidance of Gov. JB Pritzker and his staff, state lawmakers scrambled in the wee hours of Halloween morning to approve a mass transit funding solution to ...

Chicago has depended on its trusty elevated rail system for well more than a century. Every day, some 400,000 riders board ...

When he announced his run for mayor last October, Zohran Mamdani was a state lawmaker unknown to most New York City residents ...

Starting next spring, on a date not yet announced, trains will again run on a regularly scheduled basis between New York City ...

Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, 34, is projected to defeat Andrew Cuomo in the race for New York City mayor.

The Regional Transportation Authority will no longer demand the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace raise fares by 10% ...

Plus: Illinois prisons pilot no-cost phone calls and the OIG accuses the mayor’s office of thwarting surprise inspections.

The Regional Transportation Authority is scrapping plans for fare increases by Metra, the Chicago Transit Authority, and bus ...

Illinois lawmakers last week signed off on a sweeping $1.5 billion transit funding package that reshapes how the CTA, Metra and Pace are run and funded. The plan also creates what’s called the ...