Chicago spends more on debt and pensions than it does on the police and infrastructure, according to an analysis from the Illinois Policy Institute, a libertarian-leaning policy group. In other ...

The Chicago Board of Education fired Pedro Martinez last week. It's the second time he has been fired as a school superintendent. The first was 10 years ago from the Washoe County School District.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates announced progress in the union's contract negotiations after a setback in court on Tuesday.

Christmas came late for Illinois, in the form of a Chicago State team that arrived Sunday at the State Farm Center in Champaign all but gift-wrapped for the Illini, who toyed with the Cougars at ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez is back at the bargaining table Thursday, after a major legal win earlier this week. It all comes days after his firing by the school board ...

Here are 16 Chicago creatives who stood out to us this year, including saxophonist Isaiah Collier, director and cofounder of ...

Fortunately, Illinois has ... Pedro Martinez simply failed to understand his obligation to signify his subservience to Stacy Davis Gates and the Chicago Teachers Union and to their creation ...

The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics. Homicide data from the Illinois State Police ...

By caving to the self-serving financial demands of the teachers union, whom I have supported and even marched with, and firing Pedro Martinez, he is both harming the schools and doing the things ...