Chicago Public Schools saw violent crime increase 26% in 2023 and arrests hit a record low of 8%. Now thanks to pressure from the Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Brandon Johnson, police are being ...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates paid off $1,533 in back property taxes and penalties on her Indiana house ...

A 142-page leaked set of Chicago Teachers Union demands includes creation of dormitories for unaccompanied youth and use of ...

The Chicago Teachers Union’s 142-page list of demands includes codifying their most recent political rally. They took ...

There are 18 private school choice programs called “education savings accounts” in 16 states and growing. But Illinois ...

Chicago Teachers Union leadership opposed publicly funded stadiums in 2013. That’s changed: Chicago’s mayor is pushing a ...

Chicago speed cameras hit motorists with over $102 million in fines during 2023, and $879 million total since they started ...

Former Chicago Public Schools students have started a class-action lawsuit alleging they were forced to meditate and signed ...

Illinois motorists will be averaging $184 more in state gas taxes since Gov. J.B. Pritzker doubled them in 2019. Illinois ...

The Chicago Teachers Union contract already provides 43 days off each year to teachers during the school year, but CTU is seeking at least two more days outside of the classroom. Its demands also ...

This episode of The Policy Shop is by writer Patrick Andriesen Two Chicago mayors have decried their city’s near-predatory use of traffic tickets. Yet those two Chicago mayors have effectively worked ...