On September 8, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Nuria Fernandez today to announce that the Red Line Extension (RLE) project has entered the engineering phase of FTA’s Capital Investment Grants program, with a $1.947 billion federal funding commitment from the FTA, which is roughly 50 percent of the project’s cost and one of the largest New Starts awards in the history of the program.
This week, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez(IL-03), the Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, joined the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragan (CA-44), Vice Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Rep. Chuy Garcia (IL-04), and her CHC colleagues to send a letter to the Biden Administration urging the redesignation of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua and the extension of the re-registration time frame for migrants to sign up.
U. of Chicago/Kenwood ridership increased by 10.8% in March of this year compared to the previous year, according to the Chicago Transportation Authority.
Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare) station ridership increased by 8% in March of this year compared to the previous year, according to the Chicago Transportation Authority.
California (Pink Line) station ridership increased by 8.2% in March of this year compared to the previous year, according to the Chicago Transportation Authority.
Pulaski (Orange Line) station ridership increased by 8.3% in March of this year compared to the previous year, according to the Chicago Transportation Authority.
Cermak-Chinatown station ridership increased by 8.6% in March of this year compared to the previous year, according to the Chicago Transportation Authority.
City Council is on the verge of approving a controversial wrongful conviction payout of $25 million to two convicted of the 1993 murder of college basketball start Morgan Marshall Jr. on the South Side.
One Chicago alderman has an alternative plan to solving the city's burgeoning migrant crisis being fueled by busloads of asylum-seekers being shipped from Texas border towns to so-called "welcoming cities" such as Chicago.