The CTA broke ground on the Red Line extension’s first planned station in a star-studded media event Friday featuring ex-Chicago Bull Scottie Pippen. Mayor Brandon Johnson and a cast of elected officials praised the project, saying it corrects a historica... See more
The Chicago Transit Authority has ended a multi-million dollar contract that paid for hundreds of unarmed security guards, saying it is redirecting those funds to officers and other trained professionals “better equipped” to keep riders safe. The cuts to ... See more
The Regional Transit Authority plans to spend the first batch of historic transit law money on expanded security and service for the CTA, Metra and Pace. RTA officials outlined in a Thursday board meeting how more than half of the expected $300 million in... See more
It’s well known that auto insurance companies charge more to people who have caused crashes or have had a DUI. But the companies also charge more to customers over other factors they have less control over: age, credit and their ZIP code. Those factors pl... See more
In a case that has reignited a bitter national debate over immigration, and has even drawn the attention of President Donald Trump, a Venezuelan immigrant accused of killing a Loyola University Chicago freshman in Rogers Park made his first court appearan... See more
