Mayor Brandon Johnson has named five nominees to serve on the new board that soon will oversee mass transit in the Chicago area.
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Chicago's coming transit revamp: Crain's Daily Gist podcast
As regional transit is preparing for its historic overhaul, it stands to potentially reinvent how people get around the area.
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AI startup Anthropic looks to expand its Manhattan office space – Crain's New York Business
City's tech jobs are growing four times faster than rest of economy, report finds. Anthropic declined to comment. Manhattan's office market …
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Op-ed: Fix NYC's affordability crisis with a tech job pipeline | Crain's New York Business
With partnerships between City Hall, CUNY, nonprofits and employers, SYEP can become the starting point for thousands to secure stable tech jobs.
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City Council bill seeks study of Hart Island as burial space runs out | Crain's New York Business
… Hart Island, home to 1 million dead. The bill would require the Departments of Parks and Social Services to analyze the capacity for future burial …
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Transit bill didn't save CTA, Metra, Pace – Crain's Chicago Business
The pitch was that funding and reforms could deliver a world-class transit system. The money showed up. Now it's time to deliver.
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Last-minute, $1.5B transit compromise being debated in Springfield – Crain's Chicago Business
The transit revenue package relies on increasing the transit sales tax in the six-county region and transportation related sources.
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Springfield weighs 'billionaires tax,' 7% amusement levy to rescue transit – Crain's Chicago Business
Illinois lawmakers are weighing a plan to raise more than $ 1.5 billion a year for mass transit via new taxes on billionaires, concert tickets and …
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On Politics: Trump goes from 'builder president' to transit wrecking ball | Crain's New York Business
The president's funding freeze for Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway are destructive and likely illegal, writes columnist Ross Barkan.
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Transit fiscal cliff reduced to $202 million in 2026 | Crain's Chicago Business
The Regional Transit Authority lowered the projected 2026 fiscal cliff facing mass transit by over $ 500 million today, but the deficit is set to rise …
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