The US DOT has granted a one-and-a-half-year extension to use $177 million in federal funds for the proposed passenger rail ...

Details have been finalized for the proposed LA to Denver and Seattle to Denver routes, both of which would serve Ogden, Salt ...

Pritzker described the upcoming budget as “challenging” but added that since taking office, he’s addressed a number of fiscal crises in Illinois. “We are doing the best that we can to try ...

A man was arrested after police said they found a bag with guns and rifles at a train station in New Jersey on Friday afternoon. NJ Transit Police explained that they were alerted of an unattended ...

NOTE: This post was updated at 8:24 p.m. Jan. 1 with some additional information from Amtrak. A person was hit by an Amtrak train enroute from Harrisburg to New York City Wednesday afternoon in ...

The coroner ruled the death of a 34-year-old man an accident after he was hit by a train on New Year's Day. A Lancaster County man is dead after he was struck by an Amtrak train on New Year's day ...

CHICAGO — There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year, and they run the gamut from upping minimum wage and increasing pay ...

Workers at all income levels will also see a major change on LinkedIn and other job boards, as Illinois’ salary transparency law goes into effect. Under a change to the Equal Pay Act ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Illinois will raise its minimum wage by $1 on Wednesday to $15 per hour, joining more than 20 states increasing minimum hourly wages in 2025. La Voz Sidebar ...

After growing up in Plano, Noor Elnomrosy, 30, was thrilled she’d get to raise her own kids there, too. She and her two children, 2 and 4, now live in Richardson, but Elnomrosy takes them to ...

Starting on New Years Day, minimum wage in Illinois will reach $15 per hour. Tipped workers will also see a minimum wage increase, from $8.40 an hour to $9 an hour, thanks to a state law that says ...

Starting January 1, 2025, Illinois employers must provide detailed pay stubs to employees each pay period under Public Act 103-0953. The pay stubs must include hours worked, pay rates, overtime ...