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Chicago Public Transit In Limbo After State Lawmakers Fail To Fill Nearly $1 Billion Budget Gap
State lawmakers missed a deadline Saturday to fill a $770 million budget gap being faced by the Regional Transportation ...
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Chicago risks severe cuts to transit. Riders from its poorest suburbs could be hit even harder
The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend ...
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Transit bailout plan quickly meets opposition in the suburbs
The General Assembly’s proposed bailout for mass transit is going to be a tough sell, especially in the suburbs. Public ...
Editorial: Massive transit-rescue package drops in Springfield. Here’s what we like.
There’s good stuff in Springfield’s proposed transit-reform package. But the eleventh-hour unveiling does everyone a ...
CTA paid some employees to stay home, not work, watchdog says
The watchdog recommended the CTA review its remote work policies to make sure no other employees are being paid for work they ...
Chicago’s Mass Transit Gun Ban Faces Scrutiny Under History Test
A Seventh Circuit case over the concealed-carry of guns on Chicago trains and buses poses the latest opportunity to define ...
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Safety reforms could be coming for Chicagoland transit, but funding still up in the air
“We need to make sure that there are safety mechanisms that are implemented by transit security ... around how to handle the issue and declined to provide specifics. Instead, he pointed to past ...
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Safety reforms could be coming for Chicagoland transit, but funding still up in the air
“We need to make sure that there are safety mechanisms that are implemented by transit ... the issue and declined to provide specifics. Instead, he pointed to past proposals from the Chicago ...