State’s tax error to cost CPS $23.5 million
Chicago Public Schools, grappling with a gaping budget deficit and the possibility of a teachers' strike, is about to be $23.5 million deeper in the hole after the state's tax...
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Democratic lawmakers dismiss comptroller’s get-in-line paycheck move
A day after the Republican state comptroller announced paychecks would be delayed due to the budget impasse, Democratic lawmakers dismissed it as a political ploy and pondered how they'll make...
Comptroller says Illinois lawmakers will have to get in a long line to get paid
Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger plans to delay monthly paychecks for lawmakers and statewide officials, saying there isn't enough money to pay the state's bills and that other services should...
Obama makes his case at U. of C. for Supreme Court nominee
President Barack Obama returned on Thursday to the University of Chicago where he spent more than a decade teaching constitutional law, promoting his Supreme Court nominee and contending that Senate...
Obama to visit U. of C., make case for confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee
President Barack Obama is in Chicago Thursday to talk with law students at the University of Chicago, where he'll press his case for a confirmation vote on his Supreme Court...
Chicago Teachers Union tries to leverage momentum from walkout
As demonstrators left downtown streets late Friday, the Chicago Teachers Union was left to figure out how to leverage its one-day strike to achieve a new contract and increased funding...
Rauner calls pro-union Supreme Court ruling ‘tragic’
A key piece of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's multifront effort to chip away at union influence in Illinois was dealt a blow Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a...
Rauner ‘horrified’ by ‘ugly, nasty, weird’ rhetoric in presidential race
Gov. Bruce Rauner has spent months trying to navigate the murky political waters created by the Republican presidential campaign, refusing to take sides and saying only that he'll support his...
Kirk to meet with Supreme Court nominee
Illinois Republican Sen. Mark Kirk will meet Tuesday with President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee as GOP Senate leaders refuse to hold confirmation hearings to consider the nominee. Kirk's office...
Gov. Bruce Rauner says he’ll support Trump if he is GOP nominee
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, making his first public appearance since Tuesday's primary election, said he will support his party's nominee for president, even if it's Donald Trump. The first-term governor,...