The Chicago RTA’s budget includes $4.32 billion in operating expenses while New Orleans RTA’s budget includes federal funding ...

After approving the CTA, Metra and Pace budgets, some board members said those replacing them must prioritize the public's top concerns about transit: crime and safety, rising construction costs and ...

The Regional Transportation Authority (Chicago, Ill.) on Dec. 18 voted to adopt the 2025 Regional Transit Operating Budget and 2026-2030 Capital Program following the signing of the Northern Illinois ...

Philadelphia’s experience is a cautionary tale. One recent estimate suggests that home values near transit could fall by nearly $7 billion; that means a slashing of tax revenue that funds schools, ...

Tollway drivers — mainly suburbanites in the six counties of Lake, Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Will — on the other hand, face 45-cent toll increases, which will increase the cost of driving ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new public transit funding bill Tuesday. It provides enough funding, he says, to avoid fare hikes, service cuts or layoffs at the CTA, Metra and ...

The early backing of Ms. Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, is notable because she now leads the influential conservative group he founded, Turning Point USA. By Lisa Lerer and Nick Corasaniti Erika ...

Charlie Kirk transformed the American right through his nonprofit Turning Point USA before he was assassinated at an on-campus event in Utah three months ago. This week, his widow Erika, who now leads ...

Erika Kirk says she has no desire to ever meet the man accused of killing her husband, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Kirk publicly forgave the suspected shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, ...

Charlie Kirk's widow Erika Kirk said it's easy to "blame everyone else" for the recent rise in political violence, but she believes parents play a key role in preventing it. "We have to look in the ...

Kirk said she "had a very productive conversation" with Owens, adding that there is "more to come from both of us." Owens said "absolutely nothing was held back" during their "extremely productive" ...