Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When she was named acting president of the Chicago Transit Authority, Nora Leerhsen made a call to the agency’s first female train ...

For Illinois, Trump's strong-arm approach has meant regular threats to a range of federal funding streams, which add up to at ...

The second-largest transit system in the US is benefiting from municipal bond investors looking to put billions of dollars to work. The Chicago Transit Authority sold about $530 million in ...

After a year of searching, Mayor Brandon Johnson has yet to find the right people to head Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Housing Authority and the Chicago Transit Authority, something government ...

A team has been selected for a $104-million project to renovate the historic 1881-era Hotel Florence on Chicago’s Southside, ...

The Trump administration says it’s revoking more federal grant dollars in Illinois — this time for electric vehicle charging stations. On the chopping block in Illinois is a $100 million grant to the ...

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Assistant Opinion Editor George Koutrouvelis reflects on his experience riding the Purple Line "L" train, and why it feels so disconnected.

The Gateway rail tunnel project linking New York and New Jersey has received an initial $30 million installment of federal reimbursements after a funding freeze, with project officials expecting the ...

CTA trains on the Red, Brown, and Purple lines were halted near Belmont on the North Side due to signal problems during the ...

A man was injured after being shot on a CTA Red Line train in Armour Square Sunday night, Chicago police said. The man, 35, was on a southbound Red Line train just before midnight ...