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The new money will start kicking in June 1, when the RTA is replaced by NITA, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, which will have expanded powers over the transit agencies it oversees.

Service has returned to normal on four Metra commuter lines, after issues related to the extreme cold delayed several trains during the Tuesday morning rush, and a freight train hit a pedestrian along ...

Union Pacific Railroad sued Metra Monday in an escalation of an ongoing compensation dispute between the two railroads. Union Pacific alleges Metra owes it close to $2.3 million in the lawsuit, which ...

The cost of three days’ work preparing a report for the Metra board about alleged police department misconduct? Around $45,000, documents show. But while the financials of the $1.57 million police ...