WBEZ

Mayor does budgetary about-face on funding for domestic violence programs

Johnson restores $9 million in cut domestic violence funding in a compromise to get his 2026 budget passed by the City ...

Susana Mendoza reacts to new report on CPS travel spending

ChicagoLIVE begins with reaction to a new report from the Office of Inspector General detailing Chicago Public Schools’ ...

Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’

Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ...
Chalkbeat

Chicago offers free virtual therapy to students, but some have concerns

Chicago Public Schools brought in for-profit Hazel Health to offer free sessions to high schoolers, but some advocates have ...
The Chicago Reporter

Separate and Unequal: Chicago’s Schools 70 Years Later

A new University of Illinois Chicago study finds that Chicago schools remain sharply divided, with policy decisions and ...
Chicago Parent

Chicago Public Schools just ended its ranking system. Here’s what’s changing for students.

Chicago Public Schools is replacing rankings with a new accountability system focused on learning and student support.

Illinois quick hits: Illinois House members vote along party lines; More than 40% of CPS teachers missed 10 or more school days; State Treasurer says Bright Start earns …

Citing data from the Illinois State Board of Education’s Illinois Report Card, the Illinois Policy Institute said 43.2% of ...

IHSA state football playoffs: A look at the quarterfinalists, including a number of Chicagoland programs

Here’s a closer look at the quarterfinals field in the Illinois High School Association state football playoffs.

A new book tells the story of the University of Chicago’s improbable, winning quarterback

At the turn of the last century, a slight South Sider named Walter “Eckie” Eckersall led the school to a national football ...

Editorial: Spas, suites, safaris and shopping: Who wouldn’t want to work at CPS?

CPS travel expenditures on things like airfare and lodging more than doubled from 2019 to 2024, jumping to $7.7 million from ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

‘I Lost Everything’: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime

Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over a Chicago building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. The Venezuelans arrested in the ...