CPS

Irene Robinson kept up the hunger strike after doctors warned her blood pressure is dangerously high.

The mayor announced an expansion of a program providing free tuition at City Colleges.

The hunger strikers took their protests to Little Black Pearl Art and Design Academy.

"And just like Jay Cutler you guys have a lot of work to redeem your reputation," a CPS critic said.

CPS budget hearing attendees said the district's opening itself up to a lawsuit over special ed funding.

The 12 activists said they were feeling good as they started day two of their hunger strike.

Yet Gov. Bruce Rauner was light on specifics on where additional state education funds would come from.

Twelve people pushing for a district-run option have refused to eat until the plan is approved.

In a letter to parents, a CPS administrator admitted the new bell times were not properly communicated.

Lane Tech is back to its original start time after CPS backtracks on changes to bell schedule.

The last public hearing was moved to September on Friday, angering some with school proposals.

"To take a 7 percent pay cut is strike-worthy," CTU President Karen Lewis said of a "pension pickup."

Back-to-school events Aug. 15 are planned at Sixth Grace Church and King High School.

In a compromise with CPS, bused students will start school around 9 a.m. and others at 8 a.m.

Aldermen demanded the mayor use surplus property tax funds to stop the cuts at a rally in Logan Square.