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CTA Blue Line trains travel alongside the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson makes last-minute push to name permanent CTA leader

May 19, 2026 at 12:41 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson asked the Chicago Transit Agency board to select a permanent leader just weeks before a new state law limits his control over the executive appointment process.

Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen, from left, speaks with Cook County Sheriff’s Office Chief of Police Arthur Jackson and Cook County State’s Attorney’s Eileen O’Neill Burke ahead of a news conference announcing the creation of the Regional Transit Task Force at Roosevelt CTA station in Chicago’s South Loop on May 18, 2026. The task force's goal is to combat transit-related crime across the city and county in collaboration with local and federal law enforcement partners. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

State’s attorney launches transit crime prosecution task force

May 19, 2026 at 9:54 a.m.

The Cook County state’s attorney's office Monday announced a new task force made up of local and federal law enforcement agencies it says will strengthen efforts to prosecute crime on...

CTA driver held at knifepoint, escapes through bus window in Logan Square

May 13, 2026 at 6:33 p.m.

A Chicago Transit Authority bus driver had to escape out of a window mid-route on the city’s Northwest Side early Wednesday morning after someone tried to commandeer her bus at...

Brookfield Zoo employees strike outside the zoo’s south entrance on May 4, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Brookfield Zoo strike to end after management reaches agreement with Teamsters

May 6, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

A brief strike at the Brookfield Zoo is expected to end after zoo management reached a tentative agreement with the striking workers’ union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 727.

Chief union steward and Brookfield Zoo groundskeeper Carrie Sapienza, far right, leads a group of chanting and striking zoo workers on May 4, 2026, outside the zoo in Brookfield. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Brookfield Zoo workers go on strike

May 4, 2026 at 12:14 p.m.

The Teamsters said all members of the zoo union, excluding those who specialize in caring for the zoo animals, went on strike early Monday morning.

A United Airlines jet taxis at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on April 23, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

United Airlines cuts summer O’Hare flights at behest of FAA

April 30, 2026 at 5:18 p.m.

The flight cuts come after the Federal Aviation Administration brought the hammer down on the flying frenzy at Chicago’s largest airport earlier this month.

Chicago police patrol the CTA Red Line station at Roosevelt Road on Dec. 19, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Here’s how officials want to spend new transit funding this year

April 28, 2026 at 10:45 a.m.

Last fall, state lawmakers approved landmark transit funding legislation they say will transform Chicago-area public transit with the help of a planned sales tax hike and a diversion of a...

Nora Draniczarek and her son Joe, 3, tie blue ribbons down the block, April 26, 2026, in Edison Park for a neighbor, Chicago police Officer John Bartholomew, who was shot and killed Saturday at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago police officer fatally shot at Swedish Hospital remembered for kindness and public service

April 26, 2026 at 7:07 p.m.

John Bartholomew, 38, was shot Saturday morning at the North Side hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Graham Garfield, dressed in a 1969 Chicago Transit Authority uniform, attends a ceremonial groundbreaking event at 115th Street and Michigan Avenue in Chicago to mark the start of the multibillion-dollar Red Line Extension project on April 24, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

CTA breaks ground on Red Line Extension. The project ‘corrects’ history, acting CTA head says.

April 24, 2026 at 6:03 p.m.

The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday officially began construction on a $5.75 billion rail extension that will bring CTA train service to the city’s Far South Side.

CTA service resumes after train derailment near Rogers Park station

April 24, 2026 at 8:16 a.m.

Chicago Transit Authority service was up and running Friday morning after a Yellow Line train derailed on the city’s Far North Side during the evening rush hour Thursday.

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