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State lawmakers unveiled a $1.5 billion bill to save the Chicago region's public transit systems. The bill is designed to ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday poured cold water on Illinois House Democrats’ latest tax and fee proposals to overhaul the ...

New taxes buy the Chicago Transit Authority some time, but state lawmakers failed fix anything that led to the crisis. Here ...

Mansueto, you may recall, is the Morningstar founder and benign billionaire (yes, Democrats, there are such folks) who generously is coughing up the cash for a spiffy new stadium for the Chicago Fire ...

“Our Holiday Trains have become an annual tradition for our riders and their families, and we are happy to be operating them ...

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Trains have been delayed on every Metra commuter line in the Chicago area during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a positive train control system outage. Metra officials said, beginning around 5 p.m., ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Inbound and outbound Metra trains are moving again after a ...

Metra customers are now required to carry their e-bikes and e-scooters on and off the train without the assistance of electric motors. The new amendment to a bike policy was announced in a statement ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Metra trains experienced significant delays Tuesday evening after a system-wide outage was reported. A Metra spokesperson said that around 5 p.m. Tuesday, Metra’s positive train ...