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A CTA train arrives at the Adams/Wabash CTA “L” station on June 2, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Illinois legislators left Springfield without funding public transit (for now). Here’s what that means for CTA, Metra, Pace.

June 3, 2025 at 6:25 a.m.

Lawmakers still have time to avert a $771 million fiscal cliff. But transit agencies like the CTA will start planning now for drastic cuts.

People stand at the balcony in the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on May 28, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

After lawmakers pass budget with cuts and tax hikes, Gov. JB Pritzker blames state’s fiscal challenges on Trump

June 2, 2025 at 12:10 p.m.

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

Spring foliage partially frames the Illinois State Capitol on May 30, 2025, in Springfield. Illinois legislators passed a number of bills in the last days of the General Assembly's spring session. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Lawmakers send flurry of bills to governor’s desk in final days of spring session

June 1, 2025 at 5:21 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers passed bills on issues from abortion rights to gun safety during the final days of the General Assembly's spring session.

Senate President Don Harmon, left, and House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, right, exit Gov. JB Prtizker's office after a meeting at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on May 30, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Illinois lawmakers pass budget with tax hikes on tobacco, gambling — but adjourn without transit, Bears stadium

June 2, 2025 at 4:09 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers passed a $55 billion budget with tax hikes on smoking and gambling, but left proposals on transit and a Bears stadium hanging.

Legislators listen to fellow state Rep. Harry Benton, not pictured, give a first-person account in dealing with the death of a family member during a House floor debate about medical aid in death at the state Capitol on May 29, 2025, in Springfield. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Illinois House passes bill allowing terminally ill people to end their lives with physician’s help

May 30, 2025 at 3:32 p.m.

Legislation that would allow terminally ill people to end their lives with the help of a doctor was passed by the Illinois House and now heads to the Senate.

Children cross the street before the first day of school at Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023. (Talia Sprague/baiduhai)

Lawmakers advance measure prohibiting public schools from denying students based on immigration status

June 1, 2025 at 3:36 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers advanced a bill that would prohibit public schools from denying a student access to free education based on that child's immigration status or that of their parents.

Members of the Senate Transportation Committee, including state Sen. Darby Hills, center, talk before meeting on the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, House Bill 3438, which would replace the Regional Transportation Authority, at the state Capitol on May 29, 2025, in Springfield. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Latest transit proposal would hike tolls, tax ride-shares to avoid $771M fiscal cliff

May 30, 2025 at 11:58 a.m.

Illinois lawmakers consider a toll hike and other measures to address an expected $771 million financial shortfall for Chicago-area public transit.

Former Gov. Jim Edgar speaks during the Jim Edgar Reading Room dedication at the Illinois State Library on Wednesday in Springfield. While Gov. JB Pritzker didn't offer any clues regarding his stance on the overall spending plan, he made clear his opposition to "broad-based" taxes to balance a budget. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker vows no ‘broad-based’ taxes to address budget hole

May 28, 2025 at 7:17 p.m.

Three days before the Illinois legislature is scheduled to adjourn, Gov. JB Pritzker offered few details on the status of budget negotiations.

A CTA bus leaves the Howard station in Rogers Park on May 22, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Lawmakers file transit reform bill, but don’t yet address fiscal cliff

May 28, 2025 at 7:11 p.m.

Transit agencies have warned that they would have to dramatically slash service if legislators don’t find funding to plug the budget gap, which comes as COVID-19 relief funding runs out.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

Robert Prevost era ‘el orgullo y la alegría de todos los sacerdotes y monjas’ de St. Mary, en el South Side de Chicago

May 27, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.

Los católicos de toda la región celebraron el jueves 8 de mayo el histórico anuncio de que el primer papa estadounidense en los 2,000 años de historia de la Iglesia...

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