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

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

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 ...

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

In a cost-cutting move to plug a $734 million shortfall Public Schools officials on Friday said they laid off dozens of workers in the district’s central office and citywide staff. In all, CPS laid ...

Chicago Public Schools' interim CEO Macquline King addresses a $730 million budget shortfall, advocating for transparent and ...

Newly-appointed interim schools chief Macquline King tells the Chicago Board of Education the budget shortfall is $200 ...

The interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools said the district's budget deficit is $734 million, more than $200 million more ...