Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new transit funding bill on Tuesday. Illinois lawmakers passed a compromise bill to fund public transit in October, delivering $1.5 billion in new funding for mass transit systems across the state, and creating a new governing body to oversee the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace in the Chicago area.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker is set to sign the new public transit funding bill Tuesday. The move should prevent fare hikes and service cuts. This should be comforting news for riders. The new bill provides enough funding, to avoid fare hikes or service cuts to the CTA, Metra and Pace.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 2111 into law, creating the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) to oversee and streamline the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra and Pace, and

Governor Pritzker has put pen to paper on legislation that leaders say will transform public transportation across the state of Illinois. WBBM’s Andy Dahn reports.

CHICAGO Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act, SB2111, into law, marking a landmark action in modernizing

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced more than a dozen bills were enacted Friday.

The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.

SPRINGFIELD Today, Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness announced $2 million in new investments for several community

J.B. Pritzker has signed $1.5 billion public transit-funding legislation, but Illinois consumers are expected to pay the price with higher taxes and tolls. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 2111 Tuesday at Union Station in Chicago.

The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association is urging Gov. J.B. Pritzker to veto an energy bill now on the governor’s desk.