Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Hillside Democrat, said lawmakers gave the Regional Transportation Authority power to raise the regional sales tax by 0.25% because the $1.5 billion bailout plan largely ...

An active duty U.S. Marine kidnapped a 12-year-old girl from Indiana to sexually assault her, then rode a bus with her to North Carolina, where he was arrested, the FBI said.

State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without large statewide tax increases previously ...

BRAMPTON, ON, Oct. 31, 2025 /CNW/ – The Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario and the City of Brampton are investing over $183 million to purchase 136 new buses for Brampton ...

Plan includes a state motor fuel sales tax, using interest from the state’s road fund, a sales tax increase in the Chicago metro area and a sharp increase in tolls on the Illinois Tollway.

The transit revenue package relies on increasing the transit sales tax in the six-county region and transportation related ...

A senior Border Patrol official is due in court for the second day in a row in the first of his daily court-mandated ...

Mansueto, you may recall, is the Morningstar founder and benign billionaire (yes, Democrats, there are such folks) who generously is coughing up the cash for a spiffy new stadium for the Chicago Fire ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said a proposal to tax billionaires’ assets and enact other levies to help fund the Chicago ...

Here’s a look at some impactful stories that dominated the headlines, helping to shape the Stateline over the last ...

Three sisters, whose single mother fears being mistakenly detained by federal immigration agents because she is of Puerto ...

In Minneapolis and elsewhere, teachers unions are using contract negotiations to lift climate-friendly policies.