With Chicago Public Schools facing a $529 million budget deficit, the teachers union president says Chicago needs to stand up ...

As the Trump administration’s illegal funding freeze triggers a nationwide cuts to public schools, the Democrats and union ...

Ferguson, the Civic Federation president, criticized the legislative process that gives lawmakers and the public little time to review the budget’s contents.

Demographic shifts mean that Chicago’s increasingly diverse young workforce is financing the retirements of older generations ...

Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst. State lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker a $55.2 billion budget on May 31 that ...

“It’s an incomplete budget,” Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson told Capitol News Illinois. “It does not add in any meaningful way to discuss any structural issues the state has.

Illinois Politics Illinois’ $55.2B budget ‘incomplete,’ Civic Federation president says Democrats are monitoring Congress for actions that could force changes to the budget.

HE’s DOING IT: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is set to announce on Thursday that he’ll seek a third term in 2026, leaving open ...

A City Hall veteran is leaving the Johnson administration to join the Obama Foundation. John Roberson, the city’s chief operating officer, was announced as executive vice president at the Obama ...

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Chicago Public Schools officials on Friday announced more than 160 layoffs, and the elimination of more than 200 vacant ...

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