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Chicago Public Schools official tells families budget cuts will mean changes on their campuses

The impact of recent budget cuts will include fewer hot meals, delays in school repairs, curtailed crossing guard programs, ...
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Community members to CPS board: Don’t cut schools, get money from city or state to fill deficit

Many Chicago Board of Education members agree with community members and want additional revenue from Chicago or Illinois ...

‘We’re going to create a budget that reflects our values:’ Mayor Brandon Johnson rules out property tax increase in budget

CHICAGO ( WGN) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signaled that he is not planning on proposing a property tax increase in ...

Man charged after hours-long standoff at Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Building

CHICAGO ( WGN) – The man at the center of Tuesday’s standoff at the Dirksen Federal Building downtown has been charged. The ...

Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools

President Donald Trump’s administration had withheld $6 billion in funding on July 1 as part of a review to ensure spending ...

‘The center of everything’

‘THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING’: President Donald Trump is in Scotland. But to understand where we are six months into his second ...