State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit ...

With emergency federal aid drying up and ridership still below pre-pandemic levels, transit agencies in Chicago and ...

The Chicago clerk’s office has kept identifying application materials for more than 2,700 people who used the online CityKey ...

The transit agencies will each run out of pandemic relief funding at various points in 2026, creating deficits in their ...

Competing with a tense budget debate and an impending public transportation crisis, the Chicago Bears could barely muster any ...

Springfield was right to delay rushed transit funding plans. Now lawmakers must get serious about reforming Chicago’s transit ...

Both the RTA and Chicago Transit Authority have meetings scheduled next week where talks will presumably focus on how the ...