CPS and CTU both look to city taxing districts to solve school budget woes
To avoid a loan to deal with budget shortfall this year, the warring CTU and CPS CEO Pedro Martinez want the city to declare ...
Johnson legislation in limbo after contenious City Council meeting
The move is projected to save $110 million. But alders Raymond Lopez (15 th Ward) and Silvana Tabares (21 st Ward) used a ...
Future of ShotSpotter unclear after Mayor Brandon Johnson refuses to veto ordinance to revive system
A special City Council meeting on ShotSpotter was canceled Wednesday after the mayor did not veto an ordinance that would ...
Chicago mayor on the defensive following mass school board resignation
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is on the defensive after all seven members of the Chicago Board of Education announced their ...
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Chicago Mayor Grapples with $1 Billion Deficit: Layoffs, Tax Increase, and Police Academy Cuts on the Table
Chicago Mayor Johnson weighs layoffs and tax hikes to close a $1 billion deficit and cancels police academy classes, raising ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson drops ShotSpotter veto plan, political brawl over police tool continues
Mayor Brandon Johnson is dropping his plan to veto a City Council ordinance aimed at continuing the ShotSpotter gunshot ...
Chicago Teachers Union urges city to end TIF districts, send $1 billion in funds to Chicago Public Schools
CTU officials said their plan to sweep TIF funds back to CPS would help the district avoid mass program and personnel cuts.
Mayor Johnson considers layoffs, property tax hike to address $1 billion budget deficit
Mayor Brandon Johnson is looking for new ways to close the nearly $1 billion budget deficit the city is currently facing, ...
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Brandon Johnson scrambles to contain CPS school board turmoil, picks 6 new members
After all members of the Chicago Board of Education decided to step down, Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing attacks on his ...
Illinois quick hits: Madigan arrives to court; Johnson exploring tax increases
Madigan arrives in court with jury selection underway. Jury selection is underway in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Judge John Robert Blake ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson won't veto ShotSpotter ordinance
The ordinance sought to empower Police Supt. Larry Snelling to renew the city's ShotSpotter contract, but the mayor's office ...
CTU to propose revenue recovery package, Chicago City Council to address school board shakeup
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Teachers Union is expected to propose a solution to the school district's budget shortfall. This ...