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Chicago Teachers Union accepts further reopenings as virus outbreaks erupt in schools To prevent the reopening of schools, Chicago educators must organize independently of the CTU through the formation of an Illinois Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee. This committee will unite educators, parents, students and the broader working class, to prepare strike action to close all schools and nonessential workplaces. We urge all those who want to join this struggle to . Following the reopening of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to in-person instruction on Monday, reports from educators and parent...

Here’s what else happened in Chicago and around Illinois. News 8:55 p.m. Positivity rate back down to Christmas levels as Illinois logs 6,652 new cases, 88 more deaths Ashlee Rezin Garcia /Chicago Sun-Times Illinois’ coronavirus testing positivity fell to its lowest point since Christmastime as public health officials on Thursday announced 6,652 new cases of COVID-19 and 88 more deaths attributed to the disease. The latest infections were diagnosed among 118,036 tests submitted to the Illinois Department of Public Health, decreasing the seven-day average positivity rate to 6.8%. That indi...

Chicago Public Schools confirmed it's withheld pay for 145 staff members who didn't show up Monday.

Chicago teachers docked pay and locked out of virtual classrooms for not teaching in-person To prevent the reopening of schools, Chicago educators are organizing independently of the CTU through the formation of an Illinois Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee. We aim to unite educators, parents, students and the broader working class, to prepare strike action to close all schools and nonessential workplaces. We urge all those who want to join this struggle to . Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and officials at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) have continued their aggressive push to reopen school...

Subscribe This afternoon will be cloudy with a high near 37 degrees. Tonight’s low will be around 24 degrees. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a high around 41 degrees. Top story The 2,891-square-foot sign Donald Trump slapped on his 96-story Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago would have to come down, if an influential alderman has his way. Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th), Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s City Council floor leader, plans to introduce an ordinance at the Jan. 27 City Council meeting that would force the issue seven years after the vanity sign along Chicago’s riverfront t...