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Illinois lawmakers pass transit bill

CTA Saved From Massive Cuts As State Lawmakers Pass $1.5 Billion Funding Bill For Local Transit

The $1.5 billion funding package also creates a new regional governing body for the system: the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.

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Illinois General Assembly passes transit funding bill overnight, raising $1.5 billion for CTA, Metra, Pace

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Illinois lawmakers pass mass transit funding bill. Here’s what that means for CTA, Metra and Pace riders.

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Illinois lawmakers pass $1.5 billion transit funding plan to bail out CTA, Metra, and Pace

Illinois lawmakers passed a compromise bill to fund public transit in an overnight session, delivering $1.5 billion in new funding for mass transit systems across the state, and creating a new governi...

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Illinois House Speaker Welch stands by revenue choices made in $1.5B mass transit bailout

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Illinois quick hits: Pritzker to sign tax, toll increases to bail out transit

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Lawmakers approve $1.5B transit funding package without statewide tax increases

SPRINGFIELD – State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without large statewide tax increases previously proposed. Instead, the measure would be fueled by revenue sources that currently feed the state’s Road Fund and an increased sales tax targeted to the Chicago area.

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Pritzker pours cold water on latest Chicago transit bailout proposal

House Democrats have dropped a sweeping transit overhaul to bailout Chicago area transit, which would have raised $1.5 billion in revenue through various new taxes, due to opposition from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.

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CTA calls for feedback on plans to upgrade to bus service on 5 major Chicago corridors

The Bus Priority Corridor Study will explore ways to make bus travel faster, more convenient, and more comfortable on five specific routes, the CTA said.

Gov. JB Pritzker pumps brakes on $1.5B transit funding proposal with speed cameras, amusement tax

Stiff opposition to a tax package floated this week by Illinois House Democrats seemed to leave a transit deal in jeopardy as the CTA, Metra and Pace stare down a fiscal crisis.