Rahm Emanuel tries to get it right on tumultuous schools, again
Chicago Public Schools, a generation ago condemned as the worst in the nation, was hailed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel this week as "leading the country in urban school systems on...
All Stories
Budget woes complicate Gov. Scott Walker’s White House ambitions
It wasn't long ago that the forecasting arm of the Wisconsin legislature was predicting that state government by mid-2015 would be flush with a surplus topping $1 billion, which Gov....
Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces another tough call on selection of CPS leader
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is now shopping for his third full-time Chicago Public Schools CEO in four years, and finding a capable and willing match for a system beset by deep...
Emails show firm played up clout in pitch for controversial no-bid CPS deal
Newly released emails from City Hall show how a controversial consulting firm played up its clout with Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration and Chicago Public Schools before securing a multimillion-dollar no-bid...
Key players and organizations in CPS contract scandal
Rahm Emanuel The mayor chose Jean-Claude Brizard as CEO of Chicago Public Schools in 2011 but replaced him a year and half later with Barbara Byrd-Bennett. Emanuel made training for...
Brainstorming on pension fix abounds after Illinois high court rejected law
Treat the state's crushing pension debt like a home mortgage and refinance it. Offer public workers a deal to cut pension bills. Fire them all. Let the dust settle on...
Pension ruling also undercuts Rauner budget, raises pressure for tax hike
The Illinois Supreme Court's decision to strike down a landmark pension law also blew up Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's budget plan and put pressure on him and the Democratic-led legislature...
Former Gov. Dan Walker, colorful populist, dies at 92
Daniel J. Walker's career took him from a Chicago corporate boardroom to an attention-grabbing political trek across Illinois that led to the governor's mansion, before closing with a federal prison...
Rauner pension fix could backfire, experts warn
Richard Ingram, head of the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, likens efforts to fix Illinois' worst-in-the-nation pension mess to a game of whack-a-mole. "You hit something somewhere and something else pops...
Emanuel: Election challenge will make me ‘a better mayor’
Mayor Rahm Emanuel marked the morning after the election the same way he usually does: greeting voters at the 95th Street CTA Red Line station to accept a wave of...