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Today’s Headlines for Friday, November 14
• Metra board approved $1.2 billion operating budget for 2026 with no fare increases or service cuts. It also approved a $515.3 million capital plan.
November 14, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, November 13
• Finally! National coverage of the surprising early-morning 10/31 passage of Illinois' robust transit reform/funding bill, the "Halloween Miracle" (Governing)
November 13, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, November 12
• "Illinois legislators pass landmark transit funding and reform bill, averting fiscal cliff. What does it mean for riders?" (RTA)
November 12, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, November 11
• "Illinois Quietly Rewrote the Rules: Intercity Rail is Now Transit" (High Speed Rail)
November 11, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 10
• Environmental Law and Policy Center CEO Howard Learner: "Now, let’s focus on making Chicago’s regional transit system work better" (Tribune)
November 10, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, November 7
• Orange you glad the "Halloween Miracle" will let CTA provide 24-hour service on the Orange Line and 20-30 more Frequent Bus Network routes? (Sun-Times)
November 7, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, November 6
• More coverage of City's plan to buy Greyhound stop, inspired by the Philly station crisis that made Johnson say "I can't go for that" (Block Club, Tribune)
November 6, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, November 5
• Here are RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace statements on the transit bill passing, including RTA becoming the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
November 5, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, November 4
• "IL Speaker Welch [read our interview with him] talks immigration, transit bills on way to Gov. Pritzker" (ABC)
November 4, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 3
• Crain's: "Editorial: A long night yields long-overdue action on transit"
November 3, 2025