Latest Chicago transit funding plan appears to avoid statewide tax increases

A new funding plan for public transportation surfaced Thursday evening without new taxes on entertainment or package ...
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Lawmakers approve $1.5B transit funding package without statewide tax increases

SPRINGFIELD – State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without large statewide tax increases ...

Illinois House Speaker Welch stands by revenue choices made in $1.5B mass transit bailout

Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Hillside Democrat, said lawmakers gave the Regional Transportation Authority power to raise the ...

Pritzker pours cold water on latest Chicago transit bailout proposal

House Democrats have dropped a sweeping transit overhaul to bailout Chicago area transit, which would have raised $1.5 ...
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Illinois drivers to pay more in tolls under $1.5B transit rescue plan

Illinois lawmakers approved a $1.5 billion transit overhaul funded partly by a 45-cent toll hike. Supporters call it a ...

'Dial-a-ride' networks fill gaps in public transit in suburban communities

As Chicagoans sound the alarm over potentially crippling cuts to the CTA, suburban counties are hitting the gas on their own ...

Gov. JB Pritzker skeptical about House Democrats’ tax and fee plans to address public transit

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday poured cold water on Illinois House Democrats’ latest tax and fee proposals to overhaul the ...