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Pigeons fly near the Capitol in Springfield on June 29, 2016.

Rauner, lawmakers piecing together education funding, allowing for tax hike

May 15, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.

State lawmakers on Thursday hope to vote on a last-minute budget compromise Democratic leaders are negotiating with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, a plan that would keep state government going for...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool on April 18, 2016.

Chicago Public Schools set to make $669 million pension payment

May 22, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools has to pay $669 million to the teachers' pension fund by Thursday, and after that it's not clear how much the district will have left in its...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool visit Dawes Elementary School in October 2015.

Mayor asks for city authority to buy CPS debt

May 15, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.

As Chicago Public Schools faces the prospect of going bust before the start of classes in the fall, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is asking aldermen to give the city the option...

Containers of water sit as independent contractors hired by Chicago Public Schools test the drinking fountain water for lead levels June 16, 2016, in the Avalon Park neighborhood.

CPS water fountain tests at Uptown school show more lead

May 22, 2019 at 10:04 p.m.

Water from four drinking fountains at an Uptown area elementary school showed high levels of toxic lead, according to test results disclosed by Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday. A summary...

Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters protest at City Hall on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, for tax hikes to avert the worst of the latest financial crisis besetting the city's public schools.

Chicago Teachers Union, police reform group rally for tax hike, elected oversight

May 15, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union and groups calling for an elected police oversight board teamed up to pack City Hall on Wednesday in a show of force aimed at pressuring Mayor...

Forrest Claypool, left, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, and Dr. Julie Morita, right, head of the Chicago Department of Public Health, during a community meeting at Mather High School on June 20, 2016.

Claypool pledges to spend ‘whatever it takes’ to fix CPS lead in water problems

June 10, 2018 at 12:11 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool on Monday night pledged that the cash-strapped district would pay "whatever it takes" to remove lead from water sources and develop procedures to regularly...

Water is collected by contractors hired by Chicago Public Schools to test the drinking fountain water for lead levels on June 16, 2016 at Avalon Park Elementary School.

CPS is testing schools for high lead levels in water: What you should know

May 22, 2019 at 10:02 p.m.

In the month since Chicago Public Schools started testing water in schools for toxic lead, results have shown elevated levels in more than two dozen buildings with hundreds of schools...

Chicago Public Schools sets public meetings on lead testing program

May 22, 2019 at 10:01 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools has scheduled a series of public meetings on its lead testing program. Test results collected from 78 city schools concluded that some water fixtures in 23 buildings...

Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Forrest Claypool gets ready for a board meeting on May 25, 2016. On June 13, CPS announced five more schools tested for elevated levels of lead, bringing to 19 buildings where tests have uncovered lead levels that exceed a federal standard of 15 parts per billion.

Aldermen call for hearings on lead in water at Chicago schools

May 22, 2019 at 10:00 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools said Monday that elevated levels of toxic lead have been found in the water at five more buildings, including a South Side school for disabled children, while...

CPS says summer school will go on as usual

May 22, 2019 at 9:59 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools said it will hold summer courses for eligible students as planned, despite the district's prior warnings that its budget woes put the programs in peril. CPS said...

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