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The Chicago Teachers Union’s governing body has voted to suspend its labor action and return to in-person work Tuesday, ending a bitter dispute with Chicago Public Schools and setting up students to return to classrooms Wednesday for the first time in a week.

"What the teachers' union did was an illegal walkout. They abandoned their posts and they abandoned kids and their families," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a national news interview on Sunday.

In a 2012 decision in relation to an impaired driving trial, a trial judge made specific credibility and factual findings based on the evidence before the court.

Cars lined up on South Homan Avenue Monday morning as parents dropped the children off for school.

D.C. students and staff members will have to self-test for COVID again after February break and spring break, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday.

On Saturday, the Chicago Teachers Union said their employees were willing to return to schools on Monday and start remote instruction on Wednesday, but they do not want students back in the buildings until Jan. 18.

On Friday, the health care system announced they'll be offering appointments to kids age 12 and older looking to get the COVID-19 booster shot.

“Riddle me this, Madame mayor. If the state is giving you, or offering you, or asking you if you need support, why are you not responding?” said Briana Hambright-Hall, CPS teacher.

The Orange County Classroom Teachers Association says educators can no longer afford to work for the county's public school system.

Chicago Public Schools released a joint statement with Mayor Lori Lightfoot in response to the latest Chicago Teachers Union proposals for more COVID-19 protocols in school.