Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new transit funding bill on Tuesday. Illinois lawmakers passed a compromise bill to fund public transit in October, delivering $1.5 billion in new funding for mass ...

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The Chicago Police Department and Chicago Transit Authority are enacting a “security surge” following threats from the federal government to slash transit funding in the city. The “security surge” ...

After years of “fiscal cliffs and “doomsday scenarios,” Chicago transit now has a financial lifeline from Springfield. On Tuesday at Union Station, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a sweeping ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Federal Transit Administration sent blistering letters last week demanding the mayor of Chicago and Gov. JB Pritzker submit a new security plan for the Chicago Transit Authority ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker are pushing back on the Trump administration's latest threats to withhold federal funding from the CTA unless the mass transit agency meets the federal ...

The Chicago Transit Authority’s plan to boost the number of police officers and K-9 guards on the city’s mass transit system is “materially deficient,” President Donald Trump’s administration said ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new public transit funding bill Tuesday. It provides enough funding, he says, to avoid fare hikes, service cuts or layoffs at the CTA, Metra and ...

A Chicago Transit Authority Train known as the “L” makes a turn on the system’s “Loop” in downtown Chicago on Sept. 10, 2025. A yearslong effort to overhaul and improve funding for Chicago’s public ...

'Fox & Friends' co-hosts discuss suspect Lawrence Reed's criminal history prior to allegedly dousing a woman in gasoline and lighting her on fire on a train in Chicago. Have a belly laugh, skip the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday celebrated his enactment of a new law that advocates say will avert catastrophic service cuts on Chicago’s public transit systems and make the region’s trains and buses ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — From the federal government to local groups, demand is growing for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to do more for passengers after several high-profile attacks on trains and buses ...