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

People rallied in downtown Chicago on Saturday to advocate for public transit funding throughout Illinois as the state faces a multi-million dollar fiscal cliff. The city’s sprawling network of trains ...

With no revenue resolution yet in sight, the service agencies — the CTA, Metra and Pace — need to begin contingency planning now.

Rally-goers in Chicago are urging Illinois lawmakers to fund public transit to prevent a $770 million shortfall and ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signs budget amid federal funding uncertainty, unaddressed transit issues Olivia Olander, Jeremy Gorner, A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune Mon, June 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM UTC ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson said creative revenue ideas are needed for Chicago to deal with its looming budget problems. The Chicago mayor adding that there needs to be a sense of ...

June 17, 2025 City Club event description: Chicago area transit agencies face a $770 million fiscal cliff after lawmakers ended the spring session without a funding solution. With major service cuts ...

A Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train waits at the Forest Park, Illinois station for the eastern journey to downtown Chicago on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. [AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast ...

Transit agencies in northern Illinois are facing a $771 million annual combined budget gap — and lawmakers did not pass funding reform legislation by a May 31 deadline.

Transit officials have said the Regional Transportation Authority system is facing a $771 million budget deficit in 2026, and if state lawmakers don't come up with that funding by this summer, the ...

Mayor Johnson suggests state lawmakers raise taxes on ultra-rich for transit funding 00:49. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday that he is hopeful lawmakers in Springfield will reach a ...