Reductions target crossing guards and central-office employees. Trimming a $734 million deficit would require bigger moves.

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

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

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

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

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

After weeks of community meetings to brainstorm new uses for six shuttered schools across the 20th Ward, Chicago Public ...

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 ...

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 ...