Mayor Emanuel: Looming Teachers Strike 'Unnecessary' And 'Avoidable'
The mayor says teachers are reneging on a deal hammered out months ago by top union officials.
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The mayor says teachers are reneging on a deal hammered out months ago by top union officials.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked the City Council to approve $25 million in new borrowing to purchase about 600 new squad cars for the Chicago Police Department, to provide vehicles for the nearly 1,000 new police officers he plans to hire over the next two years.
The Chicago Teachers Union has set a strike date of Oct. 11.
Donald Trump made two Chicago-area stops today, greeted by both admiring supporters and hectoring protesters.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his daughter both were scheduled to visit Illinois on Wednesday, to raise money for his race against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Some CPS teachers are choosing not to return to the district for fear of losing their jobs.
Did the first Clinton-Trump debate change any minds?
Freshman enrollment at financially troubled Chicago State University has fallen to 86 freshmen this fall semester.
If you live in Cook County or another big county in Illinois, and planned to register and vote on Election Day, your options just shrank.
On the day after the first presidential debate, the Cook County Clerk's office was hosting nearly 100 voter registration events across the county to mark National Voter Registration Day.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced off Monday night for their first presidential debate. Dr. Stephen Caliendo, a political scientist at North Central College, joined the CBS 2 Morning News on Tuesday to analyze the debate.
Locked in an exceedingly close White House race, the presidential rivals tangled for 90 minutes.
The lessons, which include how to look compelling in cut-aways, and how to use the camera to speak to the country, not the opponent, are still pertinent today.
Chicago Public Schools teachers have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike, and could walk off the job as early as Oct. 11, the Chicago Teachers Union announced Monday.
Chicago police officers in seven districts will be the next group to receive body cameras, as the department works to have every cop on patrol equipped with the devices by the end of 2018.
