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CTA leaders say crime down 30 percent over last year

  • Jul 9

Cook County sheriff says dedicated CTA police force may be needed

  • Jun 26

Soil tests begin for planned Bronzeville Trail on historic rail line

  • Jun 22

Woman attacked on CTA shares her story; I-Team analyzes crime numbers

  • Jun 16

CTA report shows crime down for 5 months in a row

  • Jun 11

Regional Transit Task Force coming to public transportation

  • May 18

Riders react to CTA plan to replace unarmed security guards with cops

  • Apr 22

CTA lays off unarmed guards, redirects funds to cops, other resources

  • Apr 21

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CTA celebrates Pink Line's 20th anniversary

  • Jun 25
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Regional Transit Task Force coming to public transportation

  • May 18
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Gov. Pritzker to sign public transit funding bill

  • Dec 16, 2025
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IL House transit funding plan gets pushback, including from Pritzker

  • Oct 29, 2025
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Illinois House considering transit funding bill that could be passed this week

  • Oct 28, 2025
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IL lawmakers call for special session to fix $771M transit shortfall

  • Aug 20, 2025
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Revenue for IL transit bill could come from tolls, rideshare tax

  • May 29, 2025
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RTA board nominee coming under fire for lack of transit knowledge

  • May 9, 2024

Latest Stories

New task force aggressively prosecuting CTA crimes with hopes to prevent future ones: O'Neill Burke

Cook County's top prosecutor is sending a strong message: Commit a violent crime on public transportation and you'll likely be detained.

  • Apr 15

Judge calls for federal payments to resume this week for CTA Red Line Extension, RPM projects

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted the CTA a temporary restraining order Tuesday, ruling that a federal funding suspension was not allowed, the CTA said in a news release.

  • Mar 24

CTA sues DOT, FTA over Red Line Extension, Red & Purple Modernization funding

The CTA filed a lawsuit Friday against the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Transit Administration, seeking the restoration of funding obligated to the CTA for the Red Line Extension and Red & Purple Modernization projects.

  • Mar 20

Mayor Johnson faces criticism for unfilled positions at major city agencies for over a year

After a year of searching, Mayor Brandon Johnson has yet to find the right people to head Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Housing Authority and the Chicago Transit Authority, something government watchdogs say is not good for the city.

  • Feb 13

Man randomly stabbed sleeping CTA train passenger, recorded deadly attack in the Loop: prosecutors

Prosecutors say investigators found footage of the deadly stabbing on the suspect's phone "as well as pictures of other sleeping passengers on the train."

  • Jan 14