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

CPS employs about 600 crossing guards, and close to 90 are getting pink slips. In addition, about 20 guard vacancies are not ...

Two factors outside the city’s control explain the situation: a $165 million reduction in Chicago’s share of revenues from the personal property replacement tax, and a disputed $175 million pension ...

City Hall budget officials say major sources of revenues in the city’s general fund came in far lower than anticipated.

The layoffs included 87 people represented by SEIU Local 73 — nearly all of whom were crossing guards — plus 67 employees in the district’s central and network offices, and seven people represented by ...

Interim CPS CEO Macqueline King adjusted the district's deficit last week to $734 million, $200 million more than her ...

Chicago ended 2024 with no unassigned fund balance after CPS skipped a key pension payment, leaving Mayor Johnson with less ...

The Chicago Police Department exceeded its nearly $2 billion budget, approved by the Chicago City Council, by $207 million, ...

PRITZKER’s No. 2: Gov. JB Pritzker has tapped Christian Mitchell, a former deputy governor and veteran state representative, ...

In a June 12 letter, the Caucus expressed frustration about CPD’s approach to federal immigration enforcement and criticized ...

A version of this story was first published in the July 2, 2025 issue of the Newswire, an email newsletter that is your ...

This comes as the school district faces a $730 million budget deficit. Chicago Public Schools officials say the changes are ...