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Chicago Tribune: Chicago Teachers Union, city still millions of dollars apart as talks end for day; Chance the Rapper gives union shoutout on SNL
Contract talks between the city of Chicago and the striking teachers union broke off late Saturday night after 14 hours, without a deal to end the walkout.
“We spent the last 14 hours bargaining today, and we are not close to where we need to be on the big issues,” Sybil Madison, Chicago’s deputy mayor for education and human services, said as the clock struck midnight Saturday night. “We are going to return tomorrow and work diligently to try to close the divide.”
Chicago Tribune: State lawmakers return for veto session under cloud as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces major test of her sway in Springfield
After passing a number of transformational laws last spring — from cementing women’s abortion rights to legalizing recreational pot — the General Assembly returns to action this week under the cloud of an ongoing federal corruption probe and facing pressure from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for help in plugging her city’s $838 million budget hole.
Looming over all the action this fall is a series of political corruption scandals that have occupied much of almost the past year from Chicago to the statehouse and touched on a number of high-profile Springfield players, from utility giant ComEd and its army of lobbyists to influential state Sen. Martin Sandoval and the ultimate powerbroker, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Whether they are all connected remains unclear, but Chicago Ald. Edward Burke is the only elected official charged with wrongdoing.
State Journal-Register: Boom or bust veto session to start
In just a few days, we should have a much better idea of whether this year’s veto session is going to be a boom or a bust.
With less than a handful of vetoes to deal with, the whole tenor of the session will be determined by how much other stuff lawmakers decide to tackle. And there’s a pretty long list of stuff they could do if they are inclined.
Champaign News-Gazette: Big doings in the Capitol?
State legislators are returning to the sceneof the political crime.
State legislators return to Springfield on Monday for what will be one of the more peculiar fall veto sessions in the history of the General Assembly.
Crain's Chicago Business: Pritzker freezes out City Club
The order went out in recent days after news broke that federal agents last May had seized computer and paper records at the club’s downtown headquarters, including records of club President Jay Doherty, a lobbyist whose clients include Commonwealth Edison. The U.S. attorney’s office has issued two subpoenas to ComEd in actions linked to a federal probe of state Sen. Martin Sandoval, D-Cicero, as well as other individuals close to House Speaker Michael Madigan. Anne Pramaggiore, former ComEd CEO and most recently head of all utility operations for ComEd parent Exelon, retired suddenly earlier this month without explanation.
Daily Herald: Grayslake teachers, support staff file strike notice
Unions for both teachers and support staff in Grayslake Elementary District 46 have filed their intent to strike.
In an email to District 46 families Friday, Superintendent Lynn Glickman wrote that the district board received formal written notices Thursday from the Grayslake Federation of Teachers and the Grayslake PSRP.
Decatur Herald & Review: With strike days away, Decatur teaching assistants say health insurance proposals not fully explained
The union representing Decatur teaching assistants says the school district did not provide details about part of its health insurance proposal during contract talks, which have stalled and could result in a strike Tuesday.
Members of the Decatur Federation of Teaching Assistants have set the strike date if they can’t come to an agreement with the school district. Health benefit costs have been one of the major sticking points in the talks that began in April, according to the union.