Vallas: Chicago violent crime up again, as city cuts police officers

By Paul Vallas

01/08/2024

Chicago’s status as the nation’s murder capital was retained in 2023. So, what are city leaders doing about it? Cutting cops.

TAGS: crime

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union war on public school choice hurts poor, minority students

By Paul Vallas

12/15/2023

Let’s be clear on who will be impacted by this unrelenting attack on school choice: poor Black and Latino students.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Vallas: Fewer cops is how mayor plans to make Chicago safer?

By Paul Vallas

12/01/2023

The Johnson administration is playing a shell game on public safety. They’re likely hiring civilians for administrative positions to free up officers at local police districts, yet they’re eliminating more than double the amount of police positions currently vacant.

TAGS: CPD: Chicago Police Department

Only 28% of Chicago voters approve of Mayor Brandon Johnson

By Dylan Sharkey

11/15/2023

New polling shows Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a 28% approval rating – as low as one mayor after a national scandal and another who was about to get booted by voters.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union’s new attack on charter schools

By Paul Vallas

10/26/2023

Chicago Public Schools’ decision to significantly shorten the number of years charter schools are allowed to operate before their charters are up for renewal is the latest Chicago Teachers Union effort to destroy public school choice.

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

$4.9B in pension, debt costs squeeze essentials from Chicago 2024 budget

By Bryce Hill

10/13/2023

Pension contributions and debt service now take up 40% of Chicago’s city’s budget.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson

Fact-check: How misleading is Stacy Davis Gates’ ‘Dear Union Sibling’ letter?

By Perry Zhao

09/13/2023

After Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates admitted to sending her son to a private school while trying to kill school choice for others, she defended her decision to her union’s members. To be kind, it was misleading. Here’s a fact check of it.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union out to destroy superior performance of charter schools

By Paul Vallas

08/25/2023

Charter schools give low-income and minority students a better shot at success. So why is the Chicago Teachers Union trying to hurt charter schools’ better academic performance at lower cost?

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

What does Chicago’s mayor need to impose his revised ‘mansion tax’?

By Joe Tabor

08/24/2023

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has reportedly compromised on his proposed mansion tax in favor of a graduated real estate tax. What needs to happen before he can start collecting the extra taxes?

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Rahm Emanuel

Common-ground solutions to empower Chicago’s poor: A model for America’s cities

Vallas: Chicago violent crime up again, as city cuts police officers

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union war on public school choice hurts poor, minority students

Vallas: Fewer cops is how mayor plans to make Chicago safer?

Only 28% of Chicago voters approve of Mayor Brandon Johnson

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union’s new attack on charter schools

$4.9B in pension, debt costs squeeze essentials from Chicago 2024 budget

Fact-check: How misleading is Stacy Davis Gates’ ‘Dear Union Sibling’ letter?

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union out to destroy superior performance of charter schools

What does Chicago’s mayor need to impose his revised ‘mansion tax’?

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students