Alysa Guffey

Alysa Guffey is a reporter on the emerging news desk. A recent graduate of the University of Notre Dame, she has worked at the Boston Globe, the South Bend Tribune and as editor-in-chief of The Observer, Notre Dame's student newspaper. Send her any story tips or iced coffee recommendations.

Striking members of the Columbia College Faculty Union picket in front of Columbia’s media production center on State Street, Nov. 30, 2023. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Unionized staff at Columbia College urges president to halt scheduled layoffs

April 16, 2024 at 6:05 p.m.

On Monday, staff members delivered a petition with 150 signatures to Columbia President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim, who is stepping down in July, imploring him to seek alternative budget strategies.

Activist Amadi Hall reacts to speaker Joe Iosbaker during a meeting of the Coalition to March on the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Saturday, April 13, 2024, in Chicago. Activists and organizers came together to plan their efforts of opposition to the Democratic National Convention taking place this August in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Activists to protest ‘with or without permits’ when DNC arrives in Chicago this summer

April 14, 2024 at 12:47 p.m.

Coalition leaders have attested their right to be within "sight and sound" of the convention's center stage at the United Center, citing first amendment rights in a federal lawsuit filed...

Attorney Martin Gould listens as his client, a former Little Village Lawndale High School student, speaks April 11, 2024, to the media about allegedly being sexually abused by the school’s then dean of students. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Former CPS student files lawsuit alleging sexual assault, coerced abortions by high school administrator

April 11, 2024 at 4:33 p.m.

In the suit filed Wednesday, the woman alleges she was sexually abused by then-Dean of Students Brian Crowder from 2013 to 2016, beginning when she was just 15 and continuing...

Bernard Clay, a seven-year member of the Michele Clark High School Local School Council, on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at the Chicago school. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)

Local School Council elections are this week. Why that matters to your community.

April 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The primary election may be over, but voting season is still underway, as this week communities across Chicago Public Schools will vote on who will oversee academic and social initiatives...

Jennifer Schuh holds her son B., 8, who is autistic, as he becomes overwhelmed at their home in Westmont, Feb. 23, 2024. B. has not been in school for 9 months now after Downers Grove District 58 said they would not accept him because they do not have any aides available and his IEP recommends a therapeutic school. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Unable to find a school for their son, a Downers Grove family navigates special education with no answers

April 8, 2024 at 1:08 p.m.

For the past eight months, Jennifer Schuh has felt powerless as she watches her 8-year-old son with special needs sit at home, isolated from his peers and unable to attend...

Students at St. Francis of Rome Catholic Elementary School in Cicero, March 6, 2024. The school will stay open with large financial support from donors and institutional support from the Big Shoulders Fund, one of the Invest in Kids scholarship distributors, which doled out $27 million in 2023-24. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Number of students receiving Invest in Kids tax credit scholarships soared in program’s final year, according to state data

April 6, 2024 at 6:10 p.m.

In the last year before its demise, the state’s Invest in Kids tax credit scholarship program had a record number of scholarship recipients and substantial jumps in both participating schools...

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Unionized staff at Columbia College urges president to halt scheduled layoffs

Activists to protest ‘with or without permits’ when DNC arrives in Chicago this summer

Former CPS student files lawsuit alleging sexual assault, coerced abortions by high school administrator

Local School Council elections are this week. Why that matters to your community.

Unable to find a school for their son, a Downers Grove family navigates special education with no answers

Number of students receiving Invest in Kids tax credit scholarships soared in program’s final year, according to state data

Richard Phelan, former Cook County Board president who protected access to abortion, dies at 86

La ciudad acelera la vacunación contra el sarampión para los migrantes a medida que los casos siguen aumentando

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