The Center Square was launched in May 2019 to fulfill the need for high-quality statehouse and statewide news across the United States. The focus of our work is state- and local-level government and economic reporting. A taxpayer sensibility distinguishes our work from other coverage of state and local issues.
San Francisco Bay Area voters on Nov. 3 will decide on Measure RTM, a new sales tax aimed at keeping BART and other public transit systems afloat after years of what’s described as inadequate post-pandemic financing.
A New York City transit union is attacking Gov. Kathy Hochul in a new pre-election ad campaign as “politically toxic” for vetoing a bill that sought to increase staffing on subway cars.
A Washington, D.C.-based immigration watchdog group filed a lawsuit Wednesday against New York after the state’s motor vehicle registry rejected a request for information about non-citizens who’ve been issued commercial driving licenses.
Metrolink has announced its first fare increase in 13 years across Southern California, raising one-way tickets for its passenger trains an average of 14%.
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered expanded access to the tax-exempt, dyed diesel fuel typically used to power heavy agricultural and construction equipment operated off public roads.
President Donald Trump’s administration is touting a crackdown on fraudulent commercial driver’s license schools and unsafe truck drivers, but a Rockford trucking executive says federal officials are addressing the symptoms of a much larger problem.
A stop on the Chicago L’s Green Line reopened Friday following a $25.6 million station renovation. The new renovation is part of the Chicago Transit Authority’s All Stations Accessibility program.
Four former federal antitrust officials say regulators should take a close look at who is objecting to the proposed $85 billion merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.
After a $3.5 billion contract was awarded for track and electrical work on California’s high-speed rail, critics are calling the entire project problematic because of a lack of transparency.