Chicago Teachers Union president paid over $269K but hides union financial records

By Mailee Smith

11/20/2024

Public records show the Chicago Teachers Union and other union entities pay Stacy Davis Gates a very healthy salary. But union transparency ends there. CTU is refusing to show members how it spends their money, despite that mandate in CTU’s rules.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Illinois needs responsible Tier 2 pension reform

By LyLena Estabine

11/14/2024

Illinois is at risk of getting in costly trouble with the federal government over its Tier 2 public employee retirement benefits. Here’s a solution that doesn’t make the state’s monstrous public pension debt even worse.

See if your lawmaker has taken money from the Chicago Teachers Union

By Mailee Smith

11/12/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union has funneled nearly $1.6 to lawmakers in the Illinois General Assembly. See if your lawmakers accepted CTU cash.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Election’s over. What’s next for the Chicago School Board?

By Mailee Smith

11/06/2024

Voters have chosen the first 10 members of their elected Chicago Public Schools board. Amid a chaotic fall, here are answers to some common questions about what’s next for public education in Chicago.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Public Schools’ financial crisis can again be fixed by state oversight

By Joe Tabor

11/05/2024

By 1980, financial mismanagement led Chicago Public Schools to lose its ability to borrow money, to miss multiple payrolls and vendor payments, and to drop deep into debt. The state stepped in with a financial oversight authority. It’s time to do that again.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

See if your state lawmaker took Chicago Teachers Union money

By Brad Weisenstein

10/28/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union has spent nearly $1.3 million on campaign donations in an effort to influence what happens in the Illinois General Assembly. See if your state lawmakers accepted money from the CTU.

TAGS: Chicago, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly

Chicago Teachers Union’s actions affect all Illinoisans

By Mailee Smith

10/23/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union might be in one city, but its lobbying and other political wrangling affect residents statewide.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Cómo me registro para votar en Illinois?

10/17/2024

Registrarse para votar en Illinois puede ser confuso. Aquí está lo que necesitas saber para asegurarte de que tu voz sea escuchada este Día de las Elecciones.

Unlocking Opportunity: How Occupational Licensing Reform Would Promote Equitable Empowerment in Illinois

By Josh Bandoch, Larry Han

10/16/2024

Published Oct. 16, 2024 Illinois finds itself at a crossroads: will it empower minorities and poor people to unleash their potential, or will it perpetuate an inequitable status quo? For far too many Illinoisans, opportunity is unfairly and unnecessarily out of reach. Illinois ranks in the bottom ten among all states in social mobility and...

What you need to know about advisory questions on Illinois ballots

By Joe Tabor

10/03/2024

Illinoisans will be asked to vote on three advisory questions in the election Nov. 5. Here is what voters should know.

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Chicago Teachers Union president paid over $269K but hides union financial records

Illinois needs responsible Tier 2 pension reform

See if your lawmaker has taken money from the Chicago Teachers Union

Election’s over. What’s next for the Chicago School Board?

Chicago Public Schools’ financial crisis can again be fixed by state oversight

See if your state lawmaker took Chicago Teachers Union money

Chicago Teachers Union’s actions affect all Illinoisans

Cómo me registro para votar en Illinois?

Unlocking Opportunity: How Occupational Licensing Reform Would Promote Equitable Empowerment in Illinois

What you need to know about advisory questions on Illinois ballots

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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