The Illinois General Assembly passed a compromise bill to fund public transportation, including CTA, Metra and Pace, with the ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a compromise bill to fund public transit in an overnight session, delivering $1.5 billion in new funding for mass transit systems across the state, and creating a new ...

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That scenario seems to be in the rearview mirror.

Illinois lawmakers passed a $1.5 billion transit funding bill without large statewide tax increases that were previously ...

Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major ...

Plan includes a state motor fuel sales tax, using interest from the state’s road fund, a sales tax increase in the Chicago metro area and a sharp increase in tolls on the Illinois Tollway.

First, the bill calls for bigger “categorical exclusions” from the National Environmental Policy Act — growing from 3,000 acres to 10,000 acres for some types of projects in the high-risk firesheds — ...

The Senate unanimously approved a resolution Thursday urging Congress to allow the territory full participation in the ...

Planning officials say they're hearing reasonable questions in community meetings but also facing several misunderstandings.

The legislation includes clauses that would strengthen the publication of minutes, declaration of interests and expenses. All ...

The new measures provide that, under a decree from the President of Russia, reservists can be sent to special training exercises to safeguard critical facilities and life-support infrastructure ...

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