Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill they said addresses the expected $771 million financial shortfall for Chicago-area public transit with proposals that ...

Illinois lawmakers failed to pass a bill at session's end on May 31 that would give Chicago-area transit agencies the funding ...

After Illinois lawmakers passed a budget with cuts and tax hikes, Gov. JB Pritzker blamed the state’s fiscal challenges on President Trump.

State lawmakers missed a deadline Saturday to fill a $770 million budget gap being faced by the Regional Transportation ...

Legislation to save public transit from a $771 million budget shortfall passed the Illinois Senate Saturday but fizzled in ...

A version of the bill passed in the Senate, sponsored by Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago. But the House adjourned early Sunday ...

Lawmakers wrapped up the spring session without allocating any funding for the Chicago Transit Authority, leaving no plan in ...

The $55 billion budget plan unveiled Friday night by Democratic leadership would include new taxes on gambling as well as ...

Democrats in control of the Illinois General Assembly flexed their supermajorities to muscle through a $55.2 billion state budget at the 11th hour. The spending plan relies more than $1 billion in tax ...

With public transit agencies in Chicagoland facing a fiscal cliff and the potential for thousands of layoffs, the state did ...

Chicago-area transit operations will face draconian cuts to service in the next fiscal year after Illinois legislators on ...