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The city of Chicago has done the equivalent of emptying its checking account, and the explanations out of City Hall don’t ...

District officials say the number of special education teachers will likely increase, but there would be fewer classroom ...

Chicago Public Schools faces a huge deficit that must be closed this summer. Layoffs were announced late Friday, but the question is, are more coming? ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to ...

After weeks of community meetings to brainstorm new uses for six shuttered schools across the 20th Ward, Chicago Public ...

If the court sides with the district and finds Leasing Corporation is a public entity, that means documents previously ...

After weeks of community meetings to brainstorm new uses for six shuttered schools across the 20th Ward, Chicago Public ...

CPS said it laid off the 161 workers, including several crossing guards, to help plug the $743M budget deficit.

Chicago Public Schools officials on Friday announced more than 160 layoffs, and the elimination of more than 200 vacant ...

Many of those cut are crossing guards. Another 209 open positions were eliminated in an effort to close a projected $734 ...

Chicago Public Schools’ crossing guard staff were cut by 15% Friday as the district announced sweeping layoffs in an effort ...

That number is up from a previously cited deficit of $529 million, in part due to a $175 million payment to a city pension ...