Mayor's school board holds special meeting likely to lay groundwork to fire CPS CEO: sources
Mayor Brandon Johnson's short-term six-member school board is holding a special meeting that sources say is likely to lay the groundwork to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez.
VIDEO: Chicago city leaders unanimously vote down mayor’s property tax hike
With about six weeks left to get a new city budget passed, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is headed back to the drawing board ...
Council unanimously votes down Mayor Johnson's property tax proposal to address budget gap
The Chicago City Council unanimously voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed property tax hike in a special meeting Thursday. Aldermen voted 50-0 on the hike, which was meant to help close a ...
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Chicago Board of Education pushes Acero to find alternatives to planned charter school closures
The Acero charter school network announced in October that it planned to close seven campuses on the city’s Southwest Side.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign chancellor to step down at end of academic year
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Robert Jones plans to resign at the end of the academic year.
50-0. City Council unanimously kills Mayor Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax increase
The overwhelming vote was largely symbolic. Negotiations aimed at reducing or eliminating the property tax increase and ...