Thinking Machines Lab, the secretive AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, has closed a ...

Metra on March 18 detailed its program for the 2025 construction season, covering station, track, road crossing, bridge, and signal/communications improvement projects along the Chicagoland commuter ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A change in the operation on three of Metra’s lines has given the agency an opportunity to rename all lines, and the public has a chance to weigh in. Metra will soon assume ...

Chicago-area residents will once again have the opportunity to get free rides on the CTA and Metra during their New Year’s Eve celebrations. Both agencies have made announcements in recent days ...

Facing troubling allegations including misconduct, racism, promiscuity and cronyism at the Metra Police Department, leaders authorized an investigation that ended up costing about $1.57 million.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago area commuters may soon find the future of their Metra routes in jeopardy—as officials say the commuter rail system is on the edge of a financial cliff. Metra has been ...

Metra’s share of federal funding will dry up between April and June 2026, leaving a $221 million budget gap, CFO John Morris said. That will deepen to a $332 million shortfall in 2027.

As Metra lines continued to face delays Monday morning across the Chicago area, the commuter rail system issued a statement explaining what led to the disruption. "The cause is the failure of the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Metra board on Wednesday concluded there was "no indication of ethical concerns" surrounding the purchase and development of a storage warehouse that has ballooned in costs ...

Property records show the building and land was acquired in 2002 by a company called Summit Laboratories; the company that would end up selling the warehouse to Metra in 2020. Summit Laboratories ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Metra has announced the purchase of new zero-emission, battery-powered trains. The Metra Board of Directors ...