The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday officially began construction on a $5.75 billion rail extension that will bring CTA train service to the city’s Far South Side.

The Tribune Editorial Board really misses the mark with its State/Lake CTA station editorial (“A snazzy new State Street station. But, seriously, $444M and 3 more years?” Dec. 8). Between mixed ...

The long-anticipated CTA extension was in limbo after the Trump Administration froze approximately $2 billion in funding for the CTA's Red Line Extension and Red & Purple Line Modernization projects.

The Trump administration has frozen funds for a Red Line extension and other major Chicago Transit Authority projects. White House budget director Russell Vought said on social media that “$2.1 ...

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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 ...

After 40 years of taking the Purple Line Express to work, 7th Ward resident Chris Hain said he has “seen everything on the Purple Line.” He observed as the Chicago Transit Authority added electric ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- 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 ...

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