Paul Vallas

The degrading of the Chicago Police Department and the advancement of criminal justice system reform that pretends criminals are themselves victims are responsible for the city's escalating crime epidemic. CPD's...

Across America, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the public education system's weaknesses by revealing how ill-equipped it was to deal with such a crisis. Here in Chicago, we witnessed public schools'...

Chicagoans will soon be on the hook for significantly higher property taxes. Two years ago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot oversaw the passage of a city ordinance that left residents with guaranteed...

The city of Chicago is in a precarious position with escalating violent crime, a dysfunctional public school system and runaway budget spending that, left unchecked, will have a debilitating effect...

It is indisputable that youth violence that has claimed at least 120 youths 18 years old and younger during the pandemic, and has seen record increases in shootings, homicides and...

Police officers and their families have made considerable sacrifices and experienced heightened anxiety as the profession becomes increasingly dangerous and less rewarding. Police resources have been degraded and mismanaged, police...

So, the Chicago Teachers Union has decided to defy City Hall and the Chicago Public Schools reopening plan to gradually open schools for preschool through eighth grade students and provide...

It's looking more and more likely that the Chicago Teachers Union is going to fight the mayor's office and Chicago Public Schools leadership to keep schools fully remote well into...

If something is worth $1.5 billion, you could reasonably say it's "priceless." In October, to persuade teachers off of the picket lines, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot committed already overburdened taxpayers...