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Chicago Public Schools release budget plans while facing $733 million shortfall

The Chicago Public Schools have released their early budget plans for the next school year, as the district faces a $733 ...

Fundraising heats up for Chicago’s first fully elected school board race: ‘It’s a tall order’

Five months before Chicago’s school board elections, candidates have raised more than $830,000, with board president hopeful ...

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CTU, school board blast ‘megaprojects bill,' ask for more CPS funding

The Chicago Teachers Union is blasting state officials for focusing too much on a megaprojects bill for the Bears and not ...

Chicago Public Schools to cut teaching staff to help close $732.5 million deficit

Chicago Public Schools is planning to cut teaching staff to help close a $732.5 million deficit as it rolls out next year’s ...

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Chicago Public Schools Tightens Staffing In School Budgets Amid Massive Deficit

Principals received their 2026-27 campus budgets Tuesday, as district officials said they are cutting some educator and ...

Chicago Board of Ed to address ‘urgent concerns' on school funding after CPS reveals $732.5M deficit

The Chicago Board of Education will hold a press conference Wednesday to address “urgent concerns” about public school ...

Chicago school board members voice concern about school budget cuts and debate state funding resolution

Board members aligned with Mayor Brandon Johnson argued for stepping up efforts to lobby state lawmakers for more funding in ...

Chicago Board of Education Members Call on Springfield to Back Students Over Bears Stadium

Members of Chicago’s Board of Education are calling on state lawmakers to step up funding for Chicago Public Schools as the ...

Mayor Johnson rules out school closings, mum on possible bid for reelection

A moratorium on school closings expires at the end of the 2026-27 school year, but Mayor Brandon Johnson said he won’t ...

Chicago’s empty 'ghost schools' teach us about how the system is failing

Chicago's public schools stand as a monument to bureaucratic inertia and misplaced priorities, where vast sums of taxpayer money vanish into underutilized buildings while student outcomes plummet.

Chicago teachers want no school on May Day, testing the city’s mayor and school leaders

A tangled political fight over whether Chicago’s public schools will hold classes on May Day has unraveled in the nation’s third-largest city.

Inside Jeanne Gang's New Hudson Valley Shakespeare Theater—and Her Mission to Build for Everyone

When Jeanne Gang was hired to recreate the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center for the Hudson Valley Shakespeare company, she ...

Iowa Dem admits being ‘uncomfortable’ with whiteness as she seeks to flip competitive House seat

Democrat Sarah Trone Garriot, running for Congress in Iowa, recalled feeling uncomfortable by how many white people were in her Minnesota hometown.

Man charged with forcing CTA bus driver to drive for miles at knifepoint

Authorities have charged a 51-year-old man with threatening a CTA bus driver with a knife and forcing her to drive about six miles before the bus driver was able to escape out a window, Chicago police ...

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‘Our friend in Burr Ridge’: Restaurant owner in Indiana gambling case once featured in Outfit beating plot

Suburban restaurateur in “Operation Porterhouse Parlay” was a figure in an earlier case with connections to the Chicago ...

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Bears may have quietly made their smartest offseason move with Braxton Jones

The Chicago Bears faced difficult questions at left tackle entering the offseason, but re-signing Braxton Jones may quietly ...

Lynx’ Olivia Miles joins Sue Bird territory just 3 games into WNBA career

Just three games into her WNBA career, Olivia Miles has already entered historic company for the Minnesota Lynx. The No. 2 ...

Lions schedule: This four-game stretch will decide 2026 season

The Detroit Lions face a brutal 2026 schedule finish, playing all three NFC North rivals on the road in the last four weeks.

Chicago firefighter Steven Decker dies during training exercise in West Rogers Park

A Chicago firefighter died on Thursday afternoon during a training exercise in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.

Director of 1980s commercial with iconic catchphrase dies at 92

Joe Sedelmaier, the prominent commercial director responsible for iconic television spots such as the Wendy’s “where’s the ...

The Most Important Hearing on Palestinian Rights You've Never Heard Of

In 2015 Illinois became the first state in the country to pass an anti-BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) law. A little over a ...

NBA Execs Warn Pistons over Jalen Duren Max Contract, 'Can Derail Your Entire Roster'

Some NBA executives feel the Detroit Pistons could end up regretting offering Jalen Duren a max deal this offseason, ESPN's ...

Ald. Gardiner sues city, ethics board and inspector general for $1 million over findings against him

All three acted “with profound malice, fabricating a case, suppressing evidence, and intentionally using false testimony" to ...