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Lawmakers approve $1.5 billion transit funding package with 45 cent toll increase

By Ben Szalinski
Oct 31, 2025 9:54 am - Pritzker gives thumb’s up to plan that would avert transit implosion, offer expanded services, and create new oversight board.
Cook County to hold hearing on improving rush-hour congestion on Quentin Road in Palatine

By Eric Peterson
Oct 30, 2025 4:42 pm - After asking for nearly 30 years, residents of two subdivisions along a milelong stretch of Quentin Road in Palatine that narrows to two lanes are learning more about Cook County’s preferred solution to traffic congestion that keeps them trapped at rush hour.
When passenger flight arrived at O’Hare: City marks 70 years of commercial service

By Marni Pyke
Oct 30, 2025 11:24 am - The first commercial flight from O’Hare International Airport took to the skies Oct. 29, 1955.
A little-known legal loophole has scrambled state efforts to save transit agencies from financial disaster

By Alex Nitkin and Grace Hauck
Oct 29, 2025 5:17 pm - Looking for funding options to save the Chicago region’s transit systems from potentially crippling cuts, state lawmakers earlier this year considered what appeared to be a straightforward plan: tap an existing transportation tax and use the money for transportation. The proposal met with backlash from the suburbs because most of that money is not being used for transit at all.
House Dems eye taxes on entertainment, billionaires’ investments to fund transit

By Ben Szalinski
Oct 29, 2025 11:36 am - Two key negotiators on public transit reform in the Illinois House filed a bill Tuesday to raise up to $2 billion by taxing entertainment and the unrealized investment gains of billionaires.
House Dems eye taxes on entertainment, billionaires’ investments to fund transit

By Ben Szalinski
Oct 28, 2025 10:08 pm - Two key negotiators on public transit reform in the Illinois House filed a bill Tuesday to raise up to $2 billion for public transit by taxing entertainment and the unrealized investment gains of billionaires.
Flight delays become more common as air traffic controllers go without pay during shutdown

By JOSH FUNK
Oct 28, 2025 12:10 pm - Air traffic controllers will miss their paychecks Tuesday because of the ongoing government shutdown, raising concerns that mounting financial stress could take a toll on the already understaffed employees who guide thousands of flights each day.
Flight from Chicago diverted after a passenger stabs 2 teens with a fork, authorities say

Oct 28, 2025 9:38 am - A man from India stabbed two teenagers with a fork, slapped a female passenger and a crew member and mimicked shooting himself during an international flight, authorities said.
Public hearing Nov. 6 on Quentin Road improvements

Daily Herald report
Oct 27, 2025 1:43 pm - The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways is hosting a public hearing Thursday, Nov. 6, in Palatine, as part of its ongoing study of possible improvements to Quentin Road.
Drivers to get holiday reprieve from Lake in the Hills road closure

By Claire O'Brien
Oct 27, 2025 12:23 pm - Drivers affected by the Miller Road closure in Lake in the Hills will be getting a holiday gift from McHenry County. The west leg of the Miller Road intersection with Randall Road, which has been closed since July, will open for the winter starting in early December.

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