Here’s who CTU supports in the 2026 primary elections

By Lilly Rossi

03/10/2026

The Chicago Teachers Union shared its 2026 state primary election candidate endorsements.

Chicago Teachers Union president owes city over $3.3K

By Lilly Rossi

01/23/2026

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates not only refuses to pay her Chicago utility bills, she refuses to pay city fines. She owes over $3,300.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, education

Chicago Teachers Union releases ‘annual’ audits 5 years late

By Mailee Smith

01/22/2026

Chicago Teachers Union leaders fought members, a Congressional inquiry and a potential U.S. Department of Labor investigation over audits. Now we know why.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Public Schools spends a lot on empty desks

By Lilly Rossi

01/12/2026

The emptiest Chicago Public Schools building held just 3% of its capacity and cost nearly $55,000 per student.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Public School staff jet-sets overseas on tax dollars

By Lilly Rossi

12/26/2025

Lax rules, poor oversight let millions of taxpayer dollars be used for foreign travel – including safaris and camel rides – for Chicago Public Schools staff.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

Most Chicagoans, aldermen oppose Johnson’s 2026 budget

By Patrick Andriesen

12/12/2025

Most Chicago City Council members and residents oppose Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget, especially his plan to tax job creation.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago City Council

Chicago Teachers Union protests trash fee hike while its president skips hers

By Lilly Rossi

12/05/2025

The Chicago Teachers Union is grumbling about a proposed garbage fee hike. Yet union President Stacy Davis Gates has repeatedly failed to pay her own trash bill.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Vallas: Chicago needs education reform to curb youth violence epidemic

By Paul Vallas

11/28/2025

Fixing Chicago’s schools is the surest way to stop youth violence. Softening education standards will perpetuate the harm.

Feds demand Chicago Teachers Union release audits

By Lilly Rossi

11/24/2025

The Chicago Teachers Union's secrecy and potential financial shenanigans have drawn the attention of the U.S. Congress.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union radicalism is officially statewide

By Lilly Rossi

11/20/2025

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates is bringing her militant agenda to 200 more school districts as president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, IFT: Illinois Federation of Teachers

Chicago Teachers Union

Here’s who CTU supports in the 2026 primary elections

Chicago Teachers Union president owes city over $3.3K

Chicago Teachers Union releases ‘annual’ audits 5 years late

Chicago Public Schools spends a lot on empty desks

Chicago Public School staff jet-sets overseas on tax dollars

Most Chicagoans, aldermen oppose Johnson’s 2026 budget

Chicago Teachers Union protests trash fee hike while its president skips hers

Vallas: Chicago needs education reform to curb youth violence epidemic

Feds demand Chicago Teachers Union release audits

Chicago Teachers Union radicalism is officially statewide

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