With this many alders dissenting to Johnson's stance on ShotSpotter and CPS CEO Pedro Martinez, the mayor might want to ...

Years of exorbitant political spending in Illinois – more than $24.3 million since 2010 – has secured an enormous amount of ...

The Chicago Public Schools chief has supported many of the union's initiatives, so why are they attacking him now? Because Stacy Davis Gates and Brandon Johnson need a scapegoat.

For months, prominent Chicagoans in for-profit commerce and nonprofit governance, Democrats all, have fretted and shaken their heads as Mayor Brandon Johnson lurched from one crisis to another. So far ...

The Board of Education has had issues with CPS CEO Pedro Martinez for some time, WBEZ has learned, but are weighing a provision that would allow him to stay on for six months, even after termination.

CEO Pedro Martinez of Chicago Public Schools refuses to resign amid tensions and denies any plans to close schools, proposing ...

Regarding his op-ed “I’m not resigning as CPS chief, and we’re not closing any schools” (Sept. 25): Chicago Public Schools ...

The statement voicing support for CEO Pedro Martinez purported to be from both the district and the school board, but board ...

Election Day is fast-approaching. Here's everything you need to know about registering, voting and ballot races in Illinois.

Lacy is known throughout the community as the creator of local news publication The Kidler, a monthly local publication which ...

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Kate Doyle, Ebony DeBerry, Maggie Cullerton Hooper, and Bruce Leon are running to represent Chicago neighborhoods on the ...