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Chicago Board of Education President Sean Harden, center, waits as the board votes on the fiscal year 2026 budget during a meeting at CPS headquarters on Aug. 28, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Despite budget passage, CPS funding future remains unclear

August 30, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Three Chicago School Board members broke ranks, rejecting Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to balance Chicago Public Schools budget with a loan.

Activists and politicians speak in opposition to President Donald Trump’s reported plan to stage ICE agents at Naval Station Great Lakes in September, during a protest at the Veterans Memorial on Aug. 29, 2025, in North Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Immigrant advocates urge ‘Don’t be afraid, but organize’ in face of imminent Chicago federal raids

August 29, 2025 at 4:58 p.m.

Speaking at a town hall, Mayor Brandon Johnson warned it would be “unconstitutional” and “illegal” for the federal government to send troops to patrol Chicago's streets.

CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling speaks to the media on July 21, 2025. Snelling said he will not direct his officers to obstruct a potential federal crackdown in the city but did not reveal further details on the department’s protocol should troops come to the city. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Trump officials say Chicago immigration crackdown coming, top cop hopes to avoid ‘adversarial environment’

August 28, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.

Police Supt. Larry Snelling joined Mayor Brandon Johnson to brief reporters on President Donald Trump's rumored plan to deploy federal troops and law enforcement to Chicago.

Rebeca Salazar, a Chicago Public Schools custodian, gets ready for work on Aug. 27, 2025, at her home in the Austin neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘It’s like a slap in the face’: Laid off CPS custodians frustrated, worried about future

August 28, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

As students return to Chicago Public Schools across the city, some district custodians are working their last month before being laid off.

Jessica Jackson, left, and Danielle Carter, right, try to shout their opposition to speakers supporting Chicago’s sanctuary city status during the public comment period at a City Council meeting on Jan. 15, 2025, at City Hall. Jackson and Carter are part of the group Chicago Flips Red. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘Our president is listening’: Handful of Black MAGA activists in Chicago catch Trump’s eye

August 27, 2025 at 7:27 p.m.

A small group of Black Trump supporters has turned up at most City Council meetings for over two years, speaking against Mayor Brandon Johnson and other Democrats.

Gov. JB Pritzker talks near Trump Tower in Chicago on Aug. 25, 2025, about President Donald Trump's possible plan to deploy National Guard troops. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

As President Donald Trump appears to waffle on National Guard in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker says, ‘do not come’

August 26, 2025 at 11:59 a.m.

The president's comments follow his statements Friday when he raised the idea of using the Guard in Chicago, as he previously did in Los Angeles and currently is doing in...

National Guard troops from South Carolina walk into Foggy Bottom Metro Station in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 20, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)

Johnson and Pritzker blast as illegal Trump’s suggestion he’ll send National Guard to Chicago next

August 23, 2025 at 5:36 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson calls President Trump threat to send National Guard troops to Chicago illegal, "uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound," while Gov. JB Pritzker says it would be an "authoritarian...

Chief Budget Officer Michael Sitkowski speaks during a Chicago Board of Education meeting in Chicago on Aug. 13, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Borrowing, pensions and TIFs: What’s fueling the CPS budget standoff?

August 21, 2025 at 8:18 a.m.

Chicago Board of Education President Sean Harden challenged the district’s new proposed budget supported by schools' chief Macquline King.

Anjanette Young's favorite place to unwind is the lakefront, Aug. 8, 2025. Young is the social worker who police handcuffed and left naked in her home while serving a warrant at the wrong address. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Anjanette Young ordinance slated for vote — without no-knock warrant ban

August 13, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

A years-in-the-making ordinance overhauling the Chicago Police Department's search warrant policy could at last get over the finish line in September, advocates hope, but without the ban on no-knock warrants...

Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King speaks, along with Mayor Brandon Johnson, during an announcement of a historic expansion of the Sustainable Community Schools program at the South Shore Cultural Center on Aug. 4, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mayor Johnson’s CPS chief resists City Hall borrowing plan, pension payment as budget deadline looms

August 12, 2025 at 8:21 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools interim chief Macquline King is resisting pressure from Mayor Brandon Johnson to borrow millions of dollars.

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