Combating fare evasion could help lagging CTA ridership

By Ravi Mishra

03/31/2026

Fare evasion leads to lower revenue and higher crime. Two cities have found a way to fight it.

TAGS: CTA: Chicago Transit Authority

Pritzker proposes reducing burdensome housing regulations

By Josh Bandoch

03/03/2026

The state needs to add 227,000 homes by 2030 to meet demand

TAGS: JB Pritzker

Waste watch: Illinois lawmakers hand $740K to ‘Floating Museum’

By Geoff Feinstein

01/14/2026

Illinois’ broken budget process allocated taxpayer dollars to an art group best known for its floating exhibit on the Chicago River.

Transit sales tax hike makes suburbs pay for Chicago problems

By Dylan Sharkey

12/09/2025

Chicago-area transit riders deserve safe, reliable service. But the Regional Transportation Authority board might soon ask the wrong people to pay for it.

TAGS: RTA: Regional Transportation Authority

Transit fares frozen as Chicago drivers hit with 45-cent toll hikes

By Ravi Mishra

11/11/2025

The transit rescue plan freezes fares, raises tolls, hikes sales taxes and diverts road funds – adding to taxpayers’ burdens.

Vallas: Legislation buys CTA time to fix itself, but will it?

By Paul Vallas

11/04/2025

New taxes buy the Chicago Transit Authority some time, but state lawmakers failed fix anything that led to the crisis. Here are three ways city leaders can fix the CTA.

Illinois lawmakers hike toll roads and sales taxes to fund Chicago-area transit

By Dylan Sharkey, Ravi Mishra

10/31/2025

Illinois lawmakers passed a new plan to keep Chicago-area public transit running. The plan hikes sales taxes in the Chicago area but stops major service cuts for the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace.

Illinois House Democrats push first-in-the-world wealth tax, streaming, concert taxes

By Dylan Sharkey

10/29/2025

State lawmakers are rushing a first-in-the-world wealth tax on billionaires. They also want taxes on streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify and steep surcharges on concerts and ticketed events.

Chicago-area Transit crisis: 7 principles to guide Illinois transportation reform

By LyLena Estabine

10/28/2025

Transit reform can support Illinois riders and taxpayers. These seven principles outline a path to affordability, accountability and efficiency.

Lawmakers push DoorDash, Uber Eats delivery tax statewide for Chicago transit

By LyLena Estabine

10/17/2025

Lawmakers may approve a statewide delivery tax on Doordash and Uber Eats to fund Chicago transit, hitting all Illinoisans who shop online, even those who don’t use CTA, Metra or Pace.

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Combating fare evasion could help lagging CTA ridership

Pritzker proposes reducing burdensome housing regulations

Waste watch: Illinois lawmakers hand $740K to ‘Floating Museum’

Transit sales tax hike makes suburbs pay for Chicago problems

Transit fares frozen as Chicago drivers hit with 45-cent toll hikes

Vallas: Legislation buys CTA time to fix itself, but will it?

Illinois lawmakers hike toll roads and sales taxes to fund Chicago-area transit

Illinois House Democrats push first-in-the-world wealth tax, streaming, concert taxes

Chicago-area Transit crisis: 7 principles to guide Illinois transportation reform

Lawmakers push DoorDash, Uber Eats delivery tax statewide for Chicago transit

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