CHICAGO — Chicago Teachers Union contract negotiations hit a snag after the union rejected an arbitrator’s findings. “We have ...

As Chicago Public Schools tries to get its fiscal house in order, it faces management turmoil, risks to federal funding and ...

Heading into budget season, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker faces several converging challenges, including a projected deficit over ...

With Gov. JB Pritzker still weighing whether to seek a third term, the firmer foundation he’s laid for Illinois’ historically shaky finances faces a major stress test from ballooning deficit ...

Illinois’ budget outlook, which went from embarrassing to respectable in less than a decade, is today best described as “challenging.” Illinois has eliminated massive bill backlogs, earned nine ...

The Chicago Board of Education tapped $400 million from its short-term revolving credit agreements with Bank of America and PNC Bank. Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street ...

The borrowing comes as the government watchdog Civic Federation describes the junk-rated school district as being at a ...

CHICAGO — Elizabeth, a Chicagoan in the U.S. without legal permission and mother of three, is used to being involved in her community on the Northwest Side through volunteering at her children’s ...

Twenty members of Chicago’s new partially-elected Board of Education were sworn in last Wednesday after more than two months ...

Shown are members of the Chicago Board ... out to experts, civic leaders, lawmakers and others who are willing to help play a part in creating a thriving public school system.

"S&P is absolutely right," said Civic Federation of Chicago President ... Ferguson also pointed to the Chicago Public Schools situation, saying the city and the largely junk-rated CPS "are best ...

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