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Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters sit on the road in the 300 block of North Damen Avenue during a civil disobedience training outside the CTU Center on Oct. 24, 2019, in Chicago.

Chicago Teachers Union gets call of support from Joe Biden, will continue walkout Wednesday because ‘we have not landed on just terms yet’

October 23, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

The Chicago teachers strike will continue into a fifth school day Wednesday with little indication of progress Tuesday. The Chicago Teachers Union — which received a visit from Elizabeth Warren...

Chicago Teachers Union says ‘hopes are dashed’ for quick settlement to end CPS strike

October 21, 2019 at 9:03 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plea for teachers to call off their strike while negotiations go forward prompted a rebuke from the teachers union late Monday. Teachers union President Jesse Sharkey...

As community advocate Helen Thomas talks to a television reporter, representatives of the Chicago Teachers Union hold up signs and shout slogans after holding a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, outside Simeon Career Academy in Chicago to protest against class sizes they say are too large.

CPS strike is officially on as teachers union, Chicago mayor fail to reach a last-minute deal

October 17, 2019 at 8:22 a.m.

It's official — Chicago Public Schools teachers are on strike and hit picket lines early Thursday after failing to reach a new contract deal with the city following months of...

Becky Kliber, a lead negotiator for the union representing Chicago Park District employees, delivers strike notices to Sybil Madison, the deputy mayor of education and human services, at City Hall on Oct. 1, 2019.

City and Chicago Park District union continue last-minute talks to try to avoid strike

October 15, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

Chicago Park District employees will continue contract negotiations Wednesday morning as the city braces for a potential strike, union officials announced late Tuesday. Jeffrey Howard, the Service Employees International Union...

CPS strike watch: Chances of averting a walkout over next 3 days is getting ‘more remote,’ teachers union president says

October 14, 2019 at 7:38 p.m.

Chicago schools were closed Monday for Columbus and Indigenous Peoples Day, but the big looming question remains whether they will be closed on Thursday for a teachers strike. School district...

Marathon workers pick up discarded clothing in the loop during the 2016 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct. 9, 2016.

Why do runners throw away their clothes during the Chicago Marathon, and what happens to the clothing after the race?

October 11, 2019 at 2:31 p.m.

This Sunday, thousands of Chicago Marathon participants will converge on Grant Park prepared to run. But that also means several tons of discarded clothing will be left in the streets....

With focus on possible CPS teachers strike, school support staff and parks workers say their contract demands need more attention too

October 10, 2019 at 7:32 p.m.

As next week's strike date nears for tens of thousands of public employees in Chicago, union officials decried the city's offers for Park District and school support staff workers, saying...

Cars that reportedly were searched by authorities and where fetal remains were found are seen in a lot on East 158th Street in Dolton, Ill., on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019.

More fetal remains found in Indiana abortion doctor’s vehicle in Dolton; over 2,000 previously found at his Will County home

October 9, 2019 at 10:09 p.m.

Authorities on Wednesday discovered more fetal remains inside a vehicle associated with deceased abortion doctor Ulrich Klopfer. This discovery in Cook County comes more than a month after authorities found...

6 students taken to hospitals after possible overdoses at South Side high school

October 8, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Six students from Bowen High School were taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after suffering suspected overdoses after taking pills at the South Chicago neighborhood high school, officials said. The...

1 seriously hurt in Lincoln Park motorcycle crash

October 8, 2019 at 2:29 p.m.

At least one person was seriously injured in a crash involving a car and a motorcycle Tuesday afternoon in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, officials said. Officers responded to an auto...

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