Regional Transportation Authority warns of fiscal cliff, asks for more power over Chicago area transit
The agency said the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace suburban buses will face a $770 million budget deficit and ...
Longtime CTA chief of staff Nora Leerhsen to take over as acting president when Dorval Carter Jr. retires
The Chicago Transit Authority announced Wednesday that chief of staff Nora Leerhsen will take over as acting president of the ...
Some transit agencies signal support of RTA's plan for increased authority as alternate to merger
Metra and Pace generally support a strengthened RTA after its chairman, Kirk Dillard, laid out a vision that requires $1.5 ...
Neighbors say closure of Walgreens in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood will disrupt many lives
Walgreens has revealed its five Chicago drugstores that will close next month—and one of those pending closures will be a ...
RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace as solution to transit 'fiscal cliff'
Chicago's transit agency leaders spent the past year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The ...
RTA asks for more authority over transit to deal with looming fiscal cliiff
The agency said the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace suburban buses—for all of which the RTA oversees finances, ...
Chicago Officials Pitch $1.5 Billion Plan to Fix Transit Woes
Chicago transit officials are advocating for a $1.5 billion annual funding package to help keep one of the country’s largest ...
CTA Chief of Staff to serve as acting president following Carter’s retirement
Chicago Transit Authority Board members met Wednesday to appoint a new interim leader after longtime president Dorval Carter ...
CTA Chief of Staff to serve as acting president following Carter's retirement - WGN News at 9
Chicago Transit Authority Board members met Wednesday to appoint a new interim leader after longtime president Dorval Carter ...
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RTA pitches Springfield on $1.5B revamp to save and even enhance service
Chicago-area transit leaders are unveiling a plan they say would both avoid a sharp post-COVID reduction in service and help ...
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CTA chief of staff named interim president following Dorval Carter's resignation
Nora Leerhsen, CTA's chief of staff, is taking over as interim president days after the agency's embattled former chief ...
Daywatch: Donald Trump’s mass deportation pledge could test Chicago’s immigrant protections
Trump border czar Tom Homan has designated the nation’s third-largest city as ground zero for his plans to round up immigrants in the country illegally and other groups at an unprecedented scale, ...