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Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 3
• Crain's: "Editorial: A long night yields long-overdue action on transit"
November 3, 2025
Illinois legislature adopts People Over Parking Act to right-size parking requirements in transit-served areas
October 31, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 31
• "Illinois celebrates a historic win for public transit" (Active Trans)
October 31, 2025
Taking a (sleepy) victory lap with House Majority Leader Delgado, an architect of the $1.5B transit bill that passed in the Halloween wee hours
October 31, 2025
Hit-and-run sedan driver struck and killed Maximiliano Lemus Jr., 72, in Little Village
Sadly, on Friday afternoon, the driver of a sedan fatally struck Maximiliano Lemus Jr., 72, in Little Village and fled the scene.
October 31, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 30
• More coverage of Pritzker playing Sir Thomas Bringdown III re: the House transit bill (Trib, Evanston Roundable, WTTW, WGN, CBS, NBC, Bloomberg)
October 30, 2025
In the early hours of Halloween, Illinois General Assembly passed $1.5B transit bill that’s anything but horrific. Pritzker will likely sign it.
Update Friday 10/31/25, 9:00 AM: It was scary when the Illinois General Assembly floor debate over transit legislation entered the Halloween witching hours. But thankfully it looks like we've avoided a "Nightmare on Second Street" (the roadway where the state capitol is located). Here are some features of the new legislation that passed with $1.5 billion for public transportation, raised without statewide taxes, which I gleaned from a report by Capitol News Illinois and a summary by Capitol Fax.
October 29, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 29
• Illinois Policy is back on their... ridiculousness, demanding upgrades to transit that are already in bill, while rejecting new revenue sources to fund them
October 29, 2025
What’s more regressive: Modest driving surcharges to help fund transit, or forced car ownership?
By Ellen Steinke
October 28, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, October 28
• RTA board captain Kirk Dillard: "The real consequences of not funding transit in Illinois" (Tribune)
October 28, 2025