Chicago Public School leaders on Wednesday presented a budget proposal, wiping away a $734 million deficit by a combination of mechanisms: cuts to operations and central office, refinancing debt, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A battle is brewing over whether Chicago Public Schools or the city responsible for a $175 million pension payment. Passage of a CPS budget is likely to hinge on how school board ...

Chicagoans may be following the back and forth between the City Council and Chicago Public Schools leadership over an obscure pension payment and wonder how does this affect me? As the chair of the ...

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is facing a $175 million pension payment for non-teaching staff. This has caused a dispute between city officials, the school board, and Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ...

The Board of Education is considering an amendment to this year’s Chicago Public Schools budget that could finally force a decision about whether it will make a disputed pension payment and how it ...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is instructing the school board to move ahead on accepting the costs of a $175 million pension payment that has been a political hot potato between City Hall and ...