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Clock starts on potential CPS strike after teachers reject contract recommendation
With eight days to go before students return to school, the Chicago Teachers Union rejected an independent fact-finder’s recommendations for a new contract — placing the labor group one step closer to a possible strike.
Also on Monday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools officials unveiled their latest offer, which would raise teacher pay by 16% over five years, as recommended by the fact-finder. The mayor said the proposal — an increase from the 14% raises she offered earlier — puts “real money on the table” for teachers.
The union’s rejection of the fact-finder report means the district could legally strike on or after Sept. 25.
Two Chicago police officers were accused of child abuse. A decade later, they’ve been fired.
Two Chicago police officers have been fired a decade after they were first accused of hitting a child in their care and failing to seek medical attention for the 8-year-old boy, who suffered fractures to the face and arm that the child said was inflicted by one of the officers.
In voting 9-0 to dismiss Officers Yasmina Vaval and Teresa Foster, the Chicago Police Board said it was “deeply troubled” that this case, and others, take so long to resolve.
As one of the Dixmoor Five, Shainnie Sharp spent years at the center of one of the state’s most notorious wrongful conviction cases. But Sharp was allegedly victimized all over again.
Federal prosecutors alleged that Sharp’s trusted financial adviser stole a large portion of Sharp’s $5 million legal settlement and used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle, from exotic international trips to theater tickets and dinners at posh restaurants.
Marcus Boggs, a former senior financial adviser for Merrill Lynch, was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of wire fraud alleging he stole more than $2 million in all from four clients. Boggs was arrested by the FBI at O’Hare on Thursday night as he was boarding a flight to Germany with a one-way ticket, federal authorities said.
Amid a turbulent year, Kraft Heinz announced Monday that it will replace its young chief financial officer with the “seasoned veteran” who held the role before him.
David Knopf, who was 29 and the youngest high-ranking executive at the company when he assumed the CFO role in 2017, will be out effective Sept. 1. The move comes as Kraft Heinz, co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, contends with changing consumer tastes, private-label competition and internal missteps.
Some pedicab drivers feared regulations put in place by Chicago five years ago – banning them from Michigan Avenue and State Street, as well as from the Loop during rush hour, would put them out of business. Instead, the industry is thriving, with almost 200 pedicabs in operation throughout the city.
But the business has changed. Instead of using human leg power to pedal the taxis, most operators now use electric-assist motors. The cabs also have gotten larger and many operators are using lights, decorations and sound to stand out from their competitors. Some drivers, however, say they want more regulation, arguing that other operators are breaking the rules.
Here’s a first look at Lips — Chicago’s brand new drag party palace
Of all the imagined reuses for a former Haynes-Apperson and then Lincoln automobile dealership on Chicago’s historic Motor Row on South Michigan Avenue, the latest outpost of a growing national chain of drag clubs was probably about the farthest from a Al Capone-era salesman’s futuristic imaginings as you could wander. All of the clubs claim to offer “the ultimate in drag dining,” as if this were a crowded field.
But if, like Tribune critic Chris Jones, your affection for this artform has taken you to the kind of dodgy, B-list dive whereat Lady Gaga’s Ally waited tables in “A Star is Born,” then Lips likely will strike you as mighty posh.
Some find him to be obnoxious, bombastic and undeniably vulgar. Others see him as endearing, hilarious and surprisingly introspective. Steve McMichael is cool with all of it.
A full 34 years after the Bears won their only Super Bowl, the former Bears defensive lineman remains one of the most colorful and compelling characters from Chicago’s most iconic team.
What’s the best of the new food coming to Soldier Field this season? How about the Hot Bob sandwich? Here’s a look at what will be offered.
Nashville and New York eats hit Chicago with Hattie B’s Hot Chicken and Katz’s Deli pop-ups
Get ready to set your mouth ablaze and loosen a notch on your belt because two pop-ups from culinary destinations are coming to Chicago in the next few weeks.
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken of Nashville will bring its hot chicken to Dove’s Luncheonette Sept. 22 and Katz’s Delicatessen will deliver its pastrami straight to your doorstep via Uber Eats between Aug. 28 and Aug. 31.
It’s all about the barbecue at this no-frills diner deep in the Arkansas Delta with unpredictable hours — and a James Beard Award.
The case of five teens charged with murder in the fatal shooting of another teen by a Lake County gun owner echoes a similar case during a botched robbery near Rockford in 2008, writes Dahleen Glanton.
Heidi Stevens takes a look at middle school counselor Phyllis Fagel’s new book, which spells out 10 skills your child needs to develop in middle school to thrive in high school and beyond.
With 32 games remaining, the Cubs look closer to being dismantled in the offseason than they are to playing in the World Series, says David Haugh.
