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Dyett High School hunger striker Jeanette Ramann collapsed leaving the Board of Education meeting.
The hunger strikers took their protests to Little Black Pearl Art and Design Academy.
Yet Gov. Bruce Rauner was light on specifics on where additional state education funds would come from.
The school, for kids with emotional instability, will not have any teachers or students this year.
"The Teachers' Strike," a novella, has drawn ire from the teachers' union amid new contract talks.
CPS will cut more than $200 million from its budget and lay off 479 teachers, officials said.
"To take a 7 percent pay cut is strike-worthy," CTU President Karen Lewis said of a "pension pickup."
"We're all fighting for scraps," said Hearst Elementary teacher Rachel Davies.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel also named Frank Clark to replace David Vitale as head of the Board of Education.
Neighborhood schools will see $60 million in cuts, while charter schools see $30 million in gains.
One teacher said Mayor Rahm Emanuel "is deeply embedded in Novocaine" and "doesn't feel the pain."
Teachers said they'd accept no raise, but wanted concessions on grading, testing and class size.
Parent and community groups are organizing three forums to inform the public on how talks are going.
Anthony Napolitano campaigned in the nonpartisan race as a Republican supported by unions.
Napolitano has three children who attend Chicago Public Schools.
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And, no, they're not called Roosevelt and State.
For most of November, it'll be open two days a week, between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays.
Data shows that while more blacks and Latinos applied to the CPD, most new officers are white.
The nation's largest bike maker is soliciting bids for a retail build-out at 1647 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Cochran was given CPR by 40th Ward Ald. Patrick O'Connor, taken to Northwestern hospital.
The violent robbery could be connected to four other robberies in the area, police said.
We looked at the data behind thousands of cellphones reported stolen in Chicago since January 2016.
Erin Mowry, 42, could be convicted of aggravated DUI for the July 2015 crash.
Terrion Pouncy, 19, was still hospitalized Thursday following surgery.
The eviction notices "caught many families unprepared," activists said.
"The reception has been outstanding. We've had lots of interest and excitement," the listing agent said.
About 20 percent of O'Hare and Midway flights for Thanksgiving get delayed, according to a new report.