The Chicago Teachers Union made national news by striking for smaller classroom sizes and salary increases. A recently released analysis of the Financial State of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), shows that CPS already needs more than $17 billion to pay its bills. This breaks down to a hair-raising $18,900 per Chicago taxpayer.
By Illinois ReviewOn Thursday, Illinois House and Senate Democrats – who maintain supermajority control in Springfield, passed a bill in less than 24 hours that protects incumbents –...
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