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 ...

The layoffs included 87 people represented by SEIU Local 73 — nearly all of whom were crossing guards — plus 67 employees in ...

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

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

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

Good morning, Chicago. Christopher Colwell of Valparaiso, Indiana, teared up a bit as his grandmother sang with her church choir during Northwest Indiana Pridefest earlier this month, calling the ...

The Caucus expressed frustration about CPD’s approach to federal immigration enforcement and criticized Johnson for not ...

Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a former dean of a Chicago public high school accused of forming a sexual ...

Northwestern University President Michael Schill will address congressional leaders in August over his handling of ...

The lifeguard, Charles Leto, 55, of Lakeview, was charged with murder and attempted murder in the slaying of 15-year-old ...