A significant overhaul of public transit in the Chicago area to address a looming fiscal cliff stalled in the House over the weekend.

Legislation to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Illinois Senate 32-22 shortly late Saturday, but the measure — and its proposed $1.50 tax on food and package deliveries — never got out of ...

The delivery tax replaces previous revenue streams loathed by the suburbs and labor, but faces resistance of its own.

Illinois lawmakers on May 28 unveiled a bill that proposes to replace the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), which ...

Legislators were seemingly on board with the latest plan to reform the Chicago-area transit system — but miles apart on how ...

A new bill would rename the RTA and give it expanded control over CTA, Metra and Pace — including new power over fares, ...

Sweeping legislation that would mark the first major overhaul of northeastern Illinois’ mass ... The House Mass Transit Committee approved the bill on a 15-4 vote Wednesday, but Rep.

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