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THE WEEK > Your government Monday, Oct. 27 Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. in Normandy ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker disclosed earlier this month that his administration seeks to commit almost $1 billion of planned ...

Metra announced fare hikes in its 2026 budget, part of a broader regional policy requiring the Chicago Transit Authority, ...

As Illinois lawmakers head back to Springfield for the fall veto session, a $200 million ‘transit cliff’ looms large.

Like peer transit agencies around the country, the CTA is facing a fiscal crisis caused by the depletion of one-time federal pandemic aid — and ridership numbers that simply haven’t returned to ...

In a recent article about the Rockford Metra line, State Senator Steve Stadelman is quoted as saying, “I secured $275 million" for the project. The annual cost of $275 million over 30 years is $16.6 ...

Metra unveiled a prototype for their Cafe Car that will rotate across the busiest train lines this fall as the transportation agency asks riders for feedback on the design. The car will debut on Metra ...

A Metra train struck a 10-year-old boy’s bike, barely missing the boy, at Cedar Road crossing as the train was approaching the New Lenox station Monday evening, officials said. The train, Rock Island ...