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Chicago Public Schools Chief Forrest Claypool said he is not holding his breath for help from Springfield to keep city schools open, but he is confident they will keep going.
Hundreds of workers in Chicago's Safe Passage Program gathered at McCormick Place to get a personal thank you from the city's school's chief, police superintendent and the Mayor.
The Illinois General Assembly is forging ahead with measures to overhaul the way Illinois distributes state tax revenue for public schools.
A Chicago Public Schools teacher was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting a teenage girl over a four-month period this year.
Individual Education Plans for special-needs youngsters are being neglected, critics say.
With seven days left in the legislative session, Mayor Emanuel is doing every thing he can to keep the focus on Governor Rauner for the Chicago Public Schools financial problems.
By a 99-1 margin, the Chicago Teachers Union has voted a symbolic "no confidence" in Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool.
Chicago aldermen are displaying mixed emotions about the Emanuel Administration's borrowing plan to bail out the Public Schools.
The Mayor's office confirmed the city will rely on short-term borrowing to keep the Chicago Public Schools running through the end of June.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday will outline his plan for filling the $129 million budget shortfall at the Chicago Public Schools.
CPS leaders and families will participate in a rally at the Illinois State Capitol to push for equal state funding for public schools.
The mayor still won't say how the city will keep CPS going if the state does not help the district close a massive budget shortfall.
CPS officials have yet to draft a transition plan, but parents believe it will include splitting grades between the schools.
Mayor Emanuel said he's looking at some hard choices when it comes to finding funds to keep CPS open without additional help from the state.
Students from five Chicago Public Schools performed with members of the Chicago Civic Orchestra Tuesday on the city's north side.
Several aldermen, activists, and others have pushed their own plan to bail out the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools.
Mayor Emanuel was not impressed with the governor's plan to give future property tax revenue from any sale of the Thompson Center to CPS.
Chicago Public Schools are taking center stage in the plans to sell the state-owned building.
Mayor Emanuel is tight-lipped about how Chicago Public Schools will find the money to finish the school year without help from the state.
A Cook County judge today dealt a big blow to the Chicago Board of Education in its bid to immediately win more money for the city's public schools.
Federal prosecutors had asked for a sentence of up about 7 ½ years in prison, while the defense asked for 3 ½ years.
Barbara Byrd-Bennett, 67, faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to mail fraud.
A West Side democrat wants to tap targeted state funds to help the Chicago Public Schools stay open through the end of the school year.
The Chicago Board of Education and a group of CPS parents sued the state, seeking to declare its funding systems discriminatory and illegal.
An ordinance to send surplus TIF money to CPS whenever the district is in financial distress remained bottled up in committee.
Chicago police on Monday morning were investigating a break-in at a smoke shop in the Portage Park community.
Attorneys for the man convicted of murdering a woman at Starved Rock State Park some 65 years ago are hoping to clear his name — nearly a year after he died.
The fight to reopen West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, continues Monday with the battle going to the courtroom.
City leaders on Monday were expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
Keir Starmer will step down as U.K. Prime Minister weeks after a brutal round of local elections and as he faced a challenge from within his Labour Party.
Keir Starmer will step down as U.K. Prime Minister weeks after a brutal round of local elections and as he faced a challenge from within his Labour Party.
President Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.
The Altoids were a callback to a viral moment between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush.
A senior Justice Department official called a judge's demand for a declaration on the status of the "anti-weaponization" fund "unnecessary."
Trump has appeared during the Iran war to lose patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may now find himself "stuck."
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases, with residents living in southern Illinois at the highest risk, according to a 2025 study.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
In a full circle moment, actor Gary Cole returns to the very same local stage where he began his professional acting career.
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.
Chicago police on Monday morning were investigating a break-in at a smoke shop in the Portage Park community.
John, Paul, George, and Ringo were born three weeks ago at the zoo.
Attorneys for the man convicted of murdering a woman at Starved Rock State Park some 65 years ago are hoping to clear his name — nearly a year after he died.
The fight to reopen West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, continues Monday with the battle going to the courtroom. Lauren Victory reports.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has your 5 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, June 22, 2026.
City leaders on Monday were expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
Multiple shootings have occurred across the city following a mass shooting on the South Side that left 13 wounded on Friday night.
The fight to reopen West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, continues Monday with the battle going to the courtroom.
Chicago police on Monday morning were investigating a break-in at a smoke shop in the Portage Park community.
Attorneys for the man convicted of murdering a woman at Starved Rock State Park some 65 years ago are hoping to clear his name — nearly a year after he died.
Newly released cell phone video of a police shooting in south suburban Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation last week.
"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
Chicago's first documented professional team was founded back in 1870. The white stockings, who eventually became the Chicago Cubs, not the White Sox.
Dillon Dingler homered and drove in the tying run in the ninth, Matt Vierling's bloop single finished off Detroit's comeback as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 in 10 innings on Sunday.
Serena Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
The Chicago Cubs' game against the Toronto Blue Jays that had been planned for Sunday was postponed due to the rain coming in.
Dallas chipped away and trailed 43-38 at halftime, but the Sky dominated the third quarter and led 71-57 before losing for the 10th time in 11 games.
Chicago police on Monday morning were investigating a break-in at a smoke shop in the Portage Park community.
City leaders on Monday were expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
A CTA Red Line train operator was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street on Sunday morning.
Would-be burglars crashed their way into a Circle K store in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning.
Detectives from Lake County, Illinois, Sheriff's office rescued a girl under 14 from a grown man who had traveled from Georgia to meet her this weekend, authorities said Sunday.
