Progress Illinois

Earlier this month in Washington, the House and Senate reconciled two versions of an omnibus spending bill and agreed to appropriate $2.5 billion for high-speed rail next year. While transit advocates were hoping for $4 billion, they were still thrilled by Congress' ...

Buoyed by the Obama administration's initial and enthusiastic commitment this past fall, Congress is taking the first real steps in U.S. history to build a national high-speed rail system. To be sure, the U.S. has a long way to go -- both in terms of financing and planning...

State legislators headed back to Springfield today to begin the second and final week of the fall veto session. Here's a quick rundown of the issues they are taking up.

It's no secret that the biggest barrier to creating a state-of-the-art public transportation system here in Illinois is funding. No one has made that more clear than the state's regional transit agencies, who've threatened to cut even basic services under recent ...