Departing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel accelerated calls to boost Illinois’ gas tax to pay for local transportation projects.

Outgoing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is looking to make inroads on an increase in Illinois’ gas tax.

Chicago has some of the highest taxes on travelers in the nation.

Costs for Metra's administrative workers, including managers, lawyers, accountants and IT specialists went up 54 percent over the last five years.

Illinoisans already pay some of the highest taxes in the nation, including high taxes at the pump.

Distracted driving citations dropped by 99 percent after a 2015 Chicago ordinance was passed to comply with state law.

Though U.S. gas prices have dropped to near all-time lows, Illinois’ state and local taxes make gas costlier in the Land of Lincoln than in neighboring states.

Metra officials say they’ve reduced the cost of the lobbyist firms’ contracts by bringing down monthly retainer costs by 15 percent.

Contracting and fuel industry experts sounded off on a recent idea to raise Illinois’ fuel tax.