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Metra officials on Friday voted to approve price increases on one-way tickets and weekend passes. The changes include a 6 percent increase in one-way fares and weekend rides would increase from $5 to ...

The push to extend Metra from Kenosha to Racine and on to Milwaukee is starting to sound like "The Little Engine That Could." With a little huffing and puffing Congress two weeks ago passed a new $286 ...