Former City Colleges of Chicago leader charged in $350K kickback scheme

11/25/2019

Contracts went to relatives, associates of former vice chancellor in exchange for kickbacks, charges state. Some contracts required no work.

TAGS: Chicago City College, corruption, debt, graduation rate, Juan Salgado, no-bid contracts, Rahm Emanuel, Sharod Gordon

Chicago City Council passes e-cigarette tax hike

By Janelle Cammenga

10/05/2018

Mayor Rahm Emanuel pushed an e-cigarette tax hike through City Council within a matter of hours.

TAGS: Chicago, Chicago City College, e-cigarettes, Rahm Emanuel

Outgoing Lake Forest official poised to collect large pension following Amtrak lobbying scandal

By Vincent Caruso

07/18/2018

Months after an investigation found Lake Forest’s city manager to have squandered $200,000 on unauthorized lobbying payments, the north suburban official announced plans to retire next year.

TAGS: Bob Kiely, Chicago City College, city manager, Lake County, Lake Forest, property taxes, taxes

Report: City Colleges of Chicago watered down standards, issued thousands more degrees

By Brendan Bakala

11/04/2017

Illinois’ largest community college system saw a decrease in enrollment, but a doubling of degrees.

TAGS: BGA: Better Government Association, Chicago, Chicago City College, higher education

Chicago City College likely to cut hours for adjunct professors and tutors due to ObamaCare

08/24/2013

Here in Chicago it would be rather awkward if a local union were to go out of its way to criticize President Barack Obama or his signature achievement, Obamacare – he’s a Chicagoan after all. But there is at least one area union that is having a little trouble on account of the national health...

TAGS: Chicago City College, unions

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Occupational licensing requirements present one of the steepest barriers to low-income Illinoisans starting careers in beauty services. Illinois requires anyone seeking to become a barber, cosmetologist, nail technician or hair braider to obtain a state license, essentially a permission slip to work. Unlike 45 other states, Illinois offers only one pathway to licensure for each...

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Former City Colleges of Chicago leader charged in $350K kickback scheme

Chicago City Council passes e-cigarette tax hike

Outgoing Lake Forest official poised to collect large pension following Amtrak lobbying scandal

Report: City Colleges of Chicago watered down standards, issued thousands more degrees

Chicago City College likely to cut hours for adjunct professors and tutors due to ObamaCare

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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