CPS employs about 600 crossing guards, and close to 90 are getting pink slips. In addition, about 20 guard vacancies are not ...

Two factors outside the city’s control explain the situation: a $165 million reduction in Chicago’s share of revenues from the personal property replacement tax, and a disputed $175 million pension ...

Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a former dean of a Chicago public high school accused of forming a sexual ...

When it comes to NASCAR’s return to downtown Chicago, Julie Giese has a long list of responsibilities. What happens next is ...

In a cost-cutting move to plug a $734 million shortfall, Chicago Public Schools officials on Friday said they laid off dozens ...

On the 50th anniversary of the Hmong arrival in the U.S., first-generation immigrants remembered the rocky early years, even as they celebrate how far the community has come.

Lt. Col. Christopher Tung, G-3/Assistant Chief of Staff, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, threw out the first pitch while the 85th USARSC color guard team presented the Colors before the ...

The United Premier Soccer League has a large presence in the area, led by the flagship Chicago Nation. The amateur soccer club didn't take long to rise in the ranks. "It's meant a lot. it was a ...

Once again the perennially and preternaturally cash-strapped city of Chicago, State of Illinois, Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Chicago Public Schools are pointing at Washington, D.C., with ...

The Chicago Teachers Union and its cronies destroyed Illinois’ only private school choice program. Now they are out to kill charter schools and public-school choice, leaving parents with no ...

Illinois lawmakers approved the FY 2026 budget over the weekend as the session came to an end. This year, there are small increases for early childhood education programs and K-12 schools.