Chicago-area public transportation agencies won’t need to raise fares, cut routes or lay off workers next year after state lawmakers approved a bill overhauling public transit, the head of the ...

Chicago’s public transit agencies will not have to raise fares, lay off workers or cut services next year after state lawmakers approved new funding. The public transit reform bill passed last week ...

Looking for funding options to save the Chicago region’s transit systems from potentially crippling cuts, state lawmakers earlier this year considered what appeared to be a straightforward plan: tap ...

With time running short in the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session, Democratic lawmakers proposed new taxes on many large entertainment events and billionaires to raise the $1.5 billion ...

The plan includes a state motor fuel sales tax, using interest from the state’s road fund, a sales tax increase in the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Democrats began pushing Tuesday for their own plan to provide an overhaul of the Chicago region’s mass transit systems, holding firm against plans to install a new fee on ...

At least some stores at Maryvale’s Desert Sky Mall reopened a day after a rare hail storm caused significant water damage ...

As the Essence Festival of Culture negotiates with city and state officials ahead of the 2026 event in New Orleans, Essence ...

President Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of sedition in an outburst on social media Thursday morning and said ...

From Oct. 19-27, the News Herald took a poll on what former attractions people miss the most. Here are the results.

Peacock’s The Traitors season 4 unveils its all-star cast featuring Lisa Rinna, Donna Kelce, Colton Underwood, Olympians Tara ...