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This week is filled with happy local music developments, like Wynne invited lots of local hip-hop talent to support her upcoming “Some Like It Hot” tour—from Mic Capes, to Bocha and Donte Thomas, to 3Way Heff—but we’ve got some even more exciting music news afoot. This week we’re over the moon about The Thesis on a boat, and two upcoming album release shows. Let’s get into it all, Hear In Portland! MUST SEE: Upcoming local...

The two-day music festival’s 2022 roster includes The Dandy Warhols, Soft Kill, and The Thesis.

President obama made reference to the violence on the day his secretary of education, arne duncan who is from chicago, stepped down. duncan's resignation happened to come on the heels of the mass shooting at oregon's umpqua community college. >> i'm deeply saddened about what happened yesterday, but arnie's going back to chicago. let's not forget this is happening every single day. in forgotten neighborhoods around the country. every single day. kids are just running for their lives trying to get to school. >> running for their lives trying to get to school. it's worth noting in chicago gettin...

But me. and my failings could not have come at a time of greater challenges for cps, chicago public schools. the former educator did leave the chicago school system at a time of turmoil. in her first year as ceo, the board of education shut down 49 elementary schools, sending thousands of students to unfamiliar classrooms. the chicago public school system is also in debt. it owes an astounding $6.2 billion and rating agencies have called cps's financial status precarious. in an effort to save up to $140 million per year, the district, which has seen its fair shake of teacher strikes, has been ...

Linked to hefty kick backs. supposed to be the cure for the school's largest school system. plagued with teacher strikes, money problems, school closings. yesterday, before a federal judge, she pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with to that kick back scheme. according to the indictment, bird bennett arranged a 23-million-dollar contract for formerxd employer, an organization called soups. that program was to train chicago school principals and administrators there were no competitors for the contract and the school board approved it unanimously. she was supposed to get 10% of the cont...