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Emily Thornberry says plan will ‘get the wheels of justice turning’ as almost 350,000 cases await trial

The party says it would pave the way for a two-thirds increase in the number of people serving as crown prosecutors.

Leave denied, personal vehicles being taken away, allege leaders

‘It could not be scrapped as promised due to administrative hurdles’

CPS is offering universal pre-K for 4-year-olds in most of the city, but WBEZ found that thousands of seats are unfilled — mostly in schools serving high numbers of low-income families with large majorities of Black or Latino children.

Prosecutors described the content of Paul Pickerill's communication with Vicki Bevan as 'extremely distressing'

CHICAGO — As the Carl Schurz High School students passed under the school’s brown iron gates Thursday morning, community members greeted them with doughnuts and flowers outside the Northwest Side school, a day after a shooting that left four teens wounded, including two Schurz students.

The uneventful and under-the-radar settlement of this year’s deal comes as a sigh of relief for educators and families.

We understand the challenges and appreciate that CPS is prioritizing buses for special education and homeless students, but it is not acceptable for any student — let alone one who has a disability — to spend four hours a day on a bus, five days a week.

CHICAGO — Four people believed to be Chicago Public Schools students, including three age 15 or younger, were shot near a Northwest Side high school Wednesday afternoon, Chicago police said.

A rise in misconduct reports was expected as students and staff returned to classrooms full-time after COVID-19 disruptions.