Tag: Public Transit

In final public transit hearing, downstate operators join chorus for more state funding

Many details still needed before lawmakers can put forward transit funding proposal SPRINGFIELD – Public transit agencies in downstate Illinois are joining Chicagoland rail and bus operators in asking the state for help balancing their budgets.  A state committee met with leaders from a half dozen downstate agencies on Tuesday – the sixth and final

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State law banning concealed carry on public transit ruled unconstitutional

Limited ruling applies only to plaintiffs; both sides considering next steps A federal judge in Rockford has declared a state law banning concealed firearms on public transit systems unconstitutional – at least as it applies to four individuals who challenged it in court.  But the law remains in effect for everyone else as the parties

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News Around Illinois – June 12, 2020

NTSB: Plane Spiraled Before Fatal Crash In Illinois Field CARLINVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A small plane that crashed last month while heading from Missouri to Michigan, killing four men aboard, entered into a “right descending spiral” before it went down in a southwestern Illinois farm field, authorities said. Investigators will examine the wreckage to determine