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Chicago Public Schools’ budget deficit for the upcoming school year ballooned to a half-billion dollars, officials said Wednesday, and has largely been filled by cutting administrative costs, laying ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday likened himself to a parent trying to evict an adult child from the basement — only in this scenario, the overgrown kid is Chicago Public Schools and the parent is the ...