Tiwanda Parker, a college and career coach at Marshall High School, wonders how she could make a convincing argument for students to apply for jobs at Chicago Public Schools without a more stable ...

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All Federal Government workers retiring this year will be paid their pension benefits on or before December 15, 2025. Besides, retirees now receive pension benefits on a pay as you go basis as they ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A battle is brewing over whether Chicago Public Schools or the city responsible for a $175 million pension payment. Passage of a CPS budget is likely to hinge on how school board ...

The majority of the Chicago Board of Education is demanding the school district’s budget include a controversial $175 million municipal pension payment and a loan to cover costs. Eleven of 21 members ...

Below are the Chicago Public Schools appointees of Mayor Brandon Johnson who (so far) have rejected his demand that the district take on hundreds of millions more in high-cost debt to cover a pension ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education has delayed a major budget vote that will determine the future of public school funding for hundreds of thousands of students. After 11 ...

Chicago Board of Education leaders called off a vote to cover a $175 million pension payment amid implacable opposition, dealing a significant blow to Mayor Brandon Johnson and threatening the city’s ...

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Chicago Public School leaders on Wednesday presented a budget proposal, wiping away a $734 million deficit by a combination of mechanisms: cuts to operations and central office, refinancing debt, ...