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Penny Pritzker resigns from the Chicago school board
Billionaire Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker resigned from the Chicago Board of Education on Thursday. A spokeswoman for Pritzker declined to provide a reason for the resignation. Pritzker is being vetted as a potential candidate for U.S. Commerce...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Jean-Claude Brizard, Finance, Unions, Corporate Officers
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Lawmakers threaten to push CPS closings moratorium
Clout StreetA group of black and Latino state lawmakers said today they will push legislation that would freeze efforts by Chicago Public Schools to close dozens of schools beginning later this year, though it’s unclear how much traction such an idea would gain...Tags: Credit and Debt, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Will Penny Pritzker become the next U.S. commerce secretary?
In late 2009, President Barack Obama appeared on "60 Minutes" and said "fat-cat bankers" were smothering his efforts to craft new rules for Wall Street. As soon as the reforms cleared Congress six months later, the president's top advisers launched a...
Tags: Allstate Corp., Corporate Officers, New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Pension and Welfare, Millennium Park
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Illinois Republicans: Get ready for Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire bull in the quaint Illinois Republican china shop, sat down with me Wednesday morning at a diner on LaSalle Street to talk about politics. Are you running for governor? "I am thinking about it," said Rauner, 57, a...
Tags: Mitch Daniels, Rahm Emanuel, Research, Government, Pat Quinn
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Covering city schools
As anyone who has ever attended a Chicago Public Schools board meeting knows, there is no shortage of news or opinions on the Chicago schools beat. Since I first began covering the city's public schools in October 2010, the district has gone through...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Strike, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Media Industry
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Chicago schools consider unified calendar
Tribune reporterChicago Public Schools students would be on the same calendar in the coming year, one that begins Aug. 26 — at least a week before most students now start school — and ends June 10, under a proposal the Board of Education will vote on...Tags: Martin Luther King Day, Chicago Public Schools, Columbus Day, Students, Holidays
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Consultants with ties to mayor help school closings panel
Chicago Tribune reportersThe panel appointed to give the public a voice on Chicago school closings is being advised by experts with political and financial ties to City Hall, fueling questions about its independence from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration. The head of the...Tags: Business Enterprises, Chicago Charter Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Tribune
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Lawsuit filed by Chicago Teachers Union, others seeks to overturn pension law
Pension reform in Illinois got a rare legislative victory when the General Assembly moved to close loopholes that allowed labor leaders to land six-figure public pensions based on their much higher union salaries. The measure, which deals with abuses...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Justice System, Unions, Labor Legislation, Economy, Business and Finance
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CEO pushes to gain power for Latinos, UNO charter school network
Tribune staff reporterAs America's banking system began to freeze in mid-2008, Juan Rangel's nonprofit United Neighborhood Organization was in trouble. Because of a gubernatorial funding veto, the Latino group, which runs one of Chicago's largest charter school networks,...Tags: Corporate Officers, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Local Elections, Arts and Culture, The Wall Street Journal
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Poll: Teachers' union support still outpaces support for the administration.
Change of SubjectFrom the Sun-Times: In the live survey (of 500 registered Chicago voters) done by McKeon & Associates, a Joliet-based opinion polling company, 47 percent support the strike, 39 percent oppose it and 14 percent didn’t know. The poll has a...... -
Possible CPS strike puts college at risk for some
Growing up on a foreboding South Side block near Brainerd Park, Brooks College Prep senior running back Cleveland Clark considers every day a gift. Not to mention a challenge. "I know what type of neighborhood I live in so I do my best not to even be...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Strike, Awards and Prizes, College Sports, Sports, Football
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Kassopedia: The cure for Verpes, Rahmifications and Karen Lewis Withdrawal Syndrome
As I light my pipe, take up my quill pen and sheepskin and once again prepare to write another volume of The Kassopedia — the repository of the world's great knowledge — I'm reminded of a snarky reader. She calls herself, "Your long...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Strike, Rahm Emanuel, Labor Legislation, Elections, Chicago Mayor
Mar 15, 2013
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Dec 25, 2012
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Oct 30, 2012
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Aug 27, 2012
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Aug 29, 2012
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Sep 21, 2012
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