Federal Transit Administration threatens funding if CTA does not improve security

The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.

Pritzker, Johnson respond to federal funding 'threat' over transit safety

After the Federal Transit Administration ordered the Chicago Transit Authority to develop a security enhancement plan, Gov. J ...

Suspected CTA train attacker Lawrence Reed faces new charges for March assault

Lawrence Reed, 50, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery against a transit employee on a CTA Blue Line between ...

Lawrence Reed, charged with setting woman on fire on CTA, indicted for separate March attack

The man who is charged with terrorism for allegedly setting a woman on fire on a CTA Blue Line train has now been indicted ...
Mass Transit

CTA, CDOT to begin construction on State/Lake Loop station replacement in January

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced the upcoming commencement ...

Union tiptoes around endorsing

LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL: The Illinois AFL-CIO rolled out its endorsements Tuesday for the March primary — but anyone hoping ...
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Trump admin threatens to block transit funding from Chicago after train attack

Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump’s administration is warning Chicago that it could lose federal transit funding unless city officials strengthen security after a November assault in which a woman ...