Talia Soglin

Talia Soglin covers transportation and labor for the Tribune. Her work reporting on business and the workplace has been recognized by the Chicago Headline Club and the National Headliner Awards.

A boat passes through Chicago Harbor Lock operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the connection of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan on Oct. 1, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

As Chicago Harbor Lock faces federal cuts, Illinois senators push for more funding

January 13, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

President Donald Trump proposed a funding cut of more than 90% for the Harbor Lock in his fiscal year 2026 budget request. The lock is one of the nation's busiest.

Chicago Bears fans Sidney Thompson, from left, Nate Hughes and Clarence Griggs tailgate before the game against the Green Bay Packers on Dec. 20, 2025, at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Fan fever builds in Chicago ahead of the Bears’ playoff game, from food delivery to foam cheese grater hats

January 9, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Excitement is high ahead of the Bears-Packers matchup. Foam cheese grater hats are already on backorder, and food deliveries are expected to be “off the charts.”

A ride-sharing vehicle with Uber and Lyft stickers stops in Chicago's Loop, June 17, 2025. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Ride-sharing congestion fee expands to Chicago’s North Side and Hyde Park

January 6, 2026 at 9:10 p.m.

Ride-sharing passengers on Chicago's North Side and in Hyde Park started paying more for Ubers and Lyfts on Tuesday.

Desks in a classroom at Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center, in Chicago, Dec. 15, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

CPS says ‘miscellaneous’ school workers shouldn’t be allowed to unionize

December 29, 2025 at 4:12 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools is challenging the Service Employees International Union’s petition to represent 1,600 miscellaneous workers, stalling the effort.

Janice McLee shuffles her position in her seat as a homeless man tries to get passengers' attention on a CTA Blue Line train to Forest Park on Dec. 16, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

CTA crime down slightly despite series of high-profile incidents in 2025

December 26, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Riders on CTA buses and trains have a low chance of being a violent crime victim, a Tribune review shows, despite high-profile crimes this year.

A CTA Red Line train travels through the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway south of the Chicago skyline, Dec. 15, 2025. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Ready, set, soon? Trump admin’s funding freeze threatens Red Line Extension.

December 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The freeze is "an authoritarian move to punish the city of Chicago," one expert said.

Chicago police Detective John Sullivan patrols, along with other officers, at the CTA Red Line Roosevelt station on Dec. 19, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Trump administration threatens to withhold $50M from CTA, calling its plan to add police ‘materially deficient’

December 19, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

The CTA announced Thursday it would boost security on the transit system by increasing the number of police officers as well as K-9 security staffing.

A contract K-9 security team patrols along a CTA Blue Line train at the Clark/Lake subway station, Dec. 16, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

CTA to add more police officers after Feds threaten funding

December 18, 2025 at 6:51 p.m.

Starting Friday, the Chicago Transit Authority Chicago police will would boost the number of officers patrolling in response to a threat from President Trump.

Residents argue with U.S. Border Patrol agents after a person was detained while conducting an immigration operation in the Little Village neighborhood on Dec. 16, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago remains alert, even as Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and his agents sweep in and out of town

December 18, 2025 at 5:07 p.m.

When Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and a throng of masked federal agents returned to Chicago in a flash Tuesday, city residents were ready.

Gov. JB Pritzker smiles after signing the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, a state transit funding and reform bill, at Union Station, Dec. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

JB Pritzker signs transit bill that should avert major service cuts, but cautions that ‘transformation’ takes time

December 16, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday celebrated his enactment of a new law that advocates say will avert catastrophic service cuts on Chicago’s public transit systems and make the region’s trains...

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