A pension payment and loan must be in this year’s budget, 11 of 21 board members stated in a letter sent to the interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools. They were not in the CEO’s budget released Wednesday.| WBEZ
Some 1,250 custodians, all employed by private companies, received layoff notices Friday. CPS says it plans to rehire 750 as district staff.| WBEZ
After trims this summer, the school district's budget hole is $569 million. The options are few but include borrowing, furloughs and banking on new funds that may or may not materialize.| WBEZ
Ángel Vélez, a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant with an education doctorate, will fill a board seat open since June. The mayor appears set to prevail in the CPS budget battle even without the additional vote.| WBEZ
Teachers union president Stacy Davis Gates calls out JB Pritzker and the Democratic-led Legislature after Pritzker said more Chicago Public Schools funding from Springfield is "just not going to happen."| WBEZ
The powerful lefty is taking her top ranking and renewed momentum into the U.S. Open, starting Monday.| WBEZ
The city is racing to put up 277 sensors. Once installed, Chicago will have the most high-quality air monitors in the country, a model that rivals only London, which has more than 400.| WBEZ
In its plan to close a $734 million deficit out Wednesday, CPS officials proposed cutting operations, refinancing debt and tapping into a reserve fund. They didn't propose a loan.| WBEZ
The nonprofit Consumer Federation of America and a climate group found that even people with average credit got dinged on their price quotes.| WBEZ
The Greek Revival-style house on Indiana Avenue is considered the oldest house built in Chicago, even though it’s been moved twice.| WBEZ
Pritzker has been asked about his political future for years — and he’s always vowed Illinois was his first priority. But pressed by host Kristen Welker whether he would completely rule out a run, he offers a glimpse.| WBEZ
These eight destinations — from Lake Michigan to the banks of the DuPage River — will introduce young beginners to the magic of the catch.| WBEZ
A nearly three-year upswing ended last summer, WBEZ finds. The first three months of 2025 had the fewest robberies of any quarter in decades.| WBEZ
The city appears on pace to hit Mayor Johnson’s 2025 goal: fewer than 500 murders for the first time in a decade.| WBEZ
A lawsuit filed Friday in downstate Illinois seeks an order recognizing civil arrest warrants issued by the Texas House for Democrats who fled to Illinois to thwart a redistricting vote.| WBEZ
The Chicago Board of Education is scheduled to vote on its budget for this school year on Thursday. CPS started the summer with a $734 million deficit. WBEZ and the Sun-Times are tracking how the district works to close the budget hole, this month and long-term.| WBEZ
"The air quality is officially dangerous in Chicago," says Brian Urbaszewski, director of environmental health programs at the Respiratory Health Association. "It's going to send people to the emergency room. Some people may die because of what they're breathing."| WBEZ
Chicagoans who study and work on anti-violence initiatives share the strategies they’re using to keep homicides and shootings on a downward trajectory.| WBEZ
Chicago attorneys were in federal court Thursday accusing federal agents of violating immigration law and the constitutional rights of at least 22 people since January.| WBEZ
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office is tightening its electronic monitoring rules to clarify that apartment dwellers in the program cannot do things like get mail from their building’s vestibule or use a basement laundry room.| WBEZ
A woman living in a shelter for migrants in Chicago said she asked a staff member for a late-night glass of milk last November to feed one of her babies. Instead, she said the staff member asked her uncomfortable questions and a male staffer told her to show her breasts. The woman said she complied because she felt forced to do it.| WBEZ
