The Latest Breaking News from CPS

Pritzker halts Illinois' school mask mandate with arrival of new CDC guidance

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said new federal COVID-19 guidance unveiled Friday will allow the state of Illinois to remove its school mask mandate on Monday, coinciding with the halting of the hotly debated virus mitigation strategy for the general public.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 26, 2022

CPS LSC candidate application deadline nears with few registered for April election

While many applications are typically submitted within the last week of the window, district officials were pushing to spread awareness ahead of the deadline.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 25, 2022

Failure to prosecute rapists is letting dangerous perpetrators go free, watchdog warns

Study suggests 60% of alleged rapists have previously committed other crimes - but only 1.3% of rapes are prosecuted

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Afternoon Edition: Feb. 22, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 22, 2022

Thousands of Chicago college students — and some parents — to get full college scholarships: ‘This is life changing'

Hope Chicago stunned families at Benito Juarez H.S. with the announcement Tuesday, and officials say more schools benefitting from the program will be revealed soon. Eventually 24,000 students and 6,000 parents will get scholarships.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 22, 2022

Chicago lifting mask and vaccine mandates on Feb. 28 but will keep masks in schools for now

Rather than risk yet another confrontation with the Chicago Teachers Union, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Pedro Martinez will follow the agreement they struck with CTU to end a dispute that canceled classes for five days last month.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 22, 2022

CPS head Max Hill severely criticised over record low in rape convictions

Vera Baird, victims’ commissioner, says DPP has overseen ‘catastrophic’ period in CPS’s history

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2022

CPS boss Max Hill QC accused of presiding over ‘most catastrophic period in ...history for prosecuting rape’

The Director of Public Prosecutions was on Tuesday accused of presiding over the “most catastrophic period in .. history for prosecuting rape” in an extraordinary dressing down from the Victims’ Commissioner.

Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2022

'Crisis of public trust' in how criminal justice system deals with rape

Figures released earlier this year showed that in the 12 months to September 2021, only 1.3 per cent of the 63,136 rape offences recorded by police resulted in a suspect being charged

Wales Online · Feb 22, 2022

Met officers charged over Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group named

Jonathan Cobban, William Neville and former officer Joel Borders charged over alleged racist and misogynistic messages

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2022