Aldermen Want To Reinstate "Head Tax," Use TIF Surplus To Bail Out CPS
Several aldermen, activists, and others have pushed their own plan to bail out the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools.
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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.
The district has noted CPS has 20 percent of the state's public school students, but receives only 15 percent of state education dollars.
CPS has confirmed it is attempting to fire Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy teacher Sarah Chambers, who called the effort a "witch hunt."
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett believes she deserves far less prison time for an audacious kickback scheme than the seven-plus years the government is seeking, asking the judge she'll soon face for three and a half years tops.
Kindness from outsiders was needed after those in power showed little care for kids.
Thomas Vranas asked a judge Thursday to sentence him to probation for his role in a bribery scandal.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel was trying to steer clear of any public discussion about the possibility of closing several high schools in Englewood.
CTU President Karen Lewis says the union will not accept any additional furlough days. WBBM's Bob Roberts reports.
Under a new plan to prepare them for life after high school, Chicago Public Schools students would have to show an acceptance letter to a university, community college, apprenticeship, trade school, internship, or the armed services.
Mayor Emanuel and local school officials were quick to respond to Trump's claims that the "numbers are very rough."
The Chicago Bulls have joined forces with Chance the Rapper in support of Chicago Public Schools.
arents and some Chicago Aldermen are demanding that the city and public school officials do everything possible to avoid a threatened early end to the school year.
Prosecutors said Gary Solomon pocketed more than $5 million at the expense of school kids.
The mastermind of a massive kickback scandal that took down former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett faces sentencing in a federal courtroom Friday.
Attorneys for CPS filed a motion with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, seeking an injunction that would block any potential strike, saying the union's previous one-day strike in 2016 was "illegal."
Not surprisingly, the mayor said Chicago Public Schools students need more time in the classroom, not less, but the mayor did not lash out at the teachers' union for suggesting a possible one-day strike on May 1.
