CTA has paid some workers not to work since the pandemic, costing taxpayers more than $1 million, report says

CTA has paid some workers not to work since the pandemic, costing taxpayers more than $1 million, report says

Chicago Transit Authority employees who processed cash and coins from buses and trains worked only three days a week since March 2020, but were paid for five days of work, according to a state inspector general’s investigation. Their bosses knew, but did nothing about it.