CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Violent crimes on Chicago’s public transit system have increased in recent weeks, leaving local officials searching for solutions amid threats by the federal government to ...

The new money will start kicking in June 1, when the RTA is replaced by NITA, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, which will have expanded powers over the transit agencies it oversees.

Last fall, state lawmakers approved landmark transit funding legislation they say will transform Chicago-area public transit ...

Illinois Democrats last week saved the Chicago Transit Authority from drastic cuts, and Mayor Brandon Johnson from taking further heat from public transportation advocates — but they permanently took ...

The Chicago Transit Authority bolstered security on the public transport system Friday, a day after President Donald Trump’s administration repeated its threat to withhold $50 million in federal ...

CHICAGO — Just past midnight days before Christmas, Chicago police boarded a Pink Line train at Washington and Wells streets and found two men shot. A knife fight had escalated to a shooting that left ...

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The doors are closing on the opportunity for the Illinois Legislature to find hundreds of millions in funding for the Chicago area’s mass transit system before it goes off the rails. The table is set ...