‘This experience is very traumatizing’: Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot testifies about death threat she received in 2022
Growing occasionally emotional, former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday testified during a bench trial that she was disturbed and traumatized by a profane and racist death threat sent to her ...
Tense City Hall meeting on CTU contract, CPS budget vote ends with ‘handful of issues’ still unresolved
Mayor Brandon Johnson gathered CPS and CTU leaders ahead of a critical vote to amend the school district’s budget to pay for ...
Chicago Public Schools budget vote to be postponed until union contract is settled
Tense negotiations have been going on for months over pension payments for Chicago Public Schools employees and raises for ...
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CPS and Mayor Johnson face off on pension payment plan
The Chicago Public School board is expected to decide today whether the city or CPS shoulders $175 million in nonteacher ...
With critical CPS budget vote looming, long-awaited memo drops on ways to fill CPS’ deficit
The memo comes as Mayor Brandon Johnson ramps up pressure on the school board to include in its amended budget a payment for ...
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'America's Worst Mayor' Loses Reelection Bid
Tiffany Henyard, dubbed "America's worst mayor," has decisively lost the Democratic Party primary to run again for the role in Dolton, Illinois. Henyard had been involved in a series of scandals, ...
Financial advisory group’s report confirms no easy solutions for CPS budget gap
A new financial report commissioned by the school board president highlights the lack of solutions to close CPS’s $240 ...
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Opinion: CPS board can show whom it represents, Johnson or the students
Mayor Johnson’s reversal may suit short-term political interests, but it risks the futures of 325,000 CPS students. When the ...