Chicago strike means day off for some, emergency for others
CHICAGO – Chicago parents leaned on family, friends and community groups as 25,000 teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district we…
Chicago teachers strike, say issue simple: 'It's the kids'
CHICAGO – Chicago teachers went on strike Thursday, marching on picket lines in defense of their union's "social justice" agenda after faili…
Teachers to strike in U.S.’s 3rd largest district
CHICAGO – Chicago parents and community groups are scrambling to prepare for a massive teachers’ strike set to begin Thursday, prompting the…
Police: Chicago man who killed 5 wrote threatening notes
CHICAGO – A Chicago man who gunned down five of his neighbors over the weekend had had angry run-ins with his fellow tenants and left threat…
Chicago teachers may test unions’ strategy
CHICAGO – A threatened strike by Chicago teachers would test a strategy employed by a growing number of urban teachers unions convinced that…
Pritzker unveils 5-year economic plan, touts ‘strong job growth’
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker’s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity introduced a five-year economic plan last week, focusing on…
Illinois' automatic voter registration delays worry experts
CHICAGO – Illinois’ top leaders trumpeted the benefits of automatic voter registration when signing a bipartisan plan in 2017 to change how …
Illinois lawmakers push plan to cap monthly costs for insulin at $100
SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers will aim to pass a law capping out-of-pocket insulin costs at $100 for a month’s supply when they return for the fal…
Task force recommends merging local pension funds in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD – A task force that Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker formed in February is recommending that the state consolidate 649 suburban and d…
9-year-old charged with murder in 5 fire deaths
EUREKA – A 9-year-old child accused of causing a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central Illinois has been cha…
