District officials say they expect to save about $165 million after laying off some central office staff and crossing guards ...

Chicago Public Schools hosted community forums to hear stakeholders’ ideas on how to solve its budget deficit.

There’s a month to go before the Chicago school board must approve a budget for the coming year, and leaders still are ...

A Department of Education investigation found Chicago Public Schools wrongly obtained $1.1 million by misidentifying South ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago School Board meets Thursday to address the district's $734M budget hole. The interim CEO is warning about possible cuts and the need to borrow money. Earlier this week, ...

Chicago’s school board president said borrowing is a "viable option" for the district to avoid cuts to classrooms. But with a ...

The district said it is still facing a driver shortage, which contributed to reduced busing for students in recent years.

I will not be proposing a property tax increase in my budget,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Thursday. “I’m going to continue to ...

Forcing the district deeper into debt is reckless and wrong, writes the chief of policy at Kids First Chicago.

While smoking is already banned on the CTA, a group of Chicago alderpeople called for stricter enforcement of the ban last ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signaled that he is not planning on proposing a property tax increase in this year’s budget, just days after the city’s Chief Financial Officer said an increase was ...

Billed as “ending crime and disorder on America’s streets,” the order would shift funds away from “housing first” and “harm ...