Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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As community questions spending, CPS lays out capital plansAug 17, 2016 11:00 pm - How can Chicago Public Schools consider paying for new buildings and annexes when it cannot manage to pay for the schools it already has? That was the gist of the questi...
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Chicago Plan Commission approves new hotel, elevated walkway at Navy PierAug 17, 2016 11:00 pm - The underused east end of Navy Pier would come to life with an elevated walkway and reflecting pool under a new chapter of the pier's centennial makeover advanced Thursd...
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Amid turmoil, Escalante takes top job at Northeastern Illinois U.Aug 15, 2016 11:00 pm - The No. 2 official in the Chicago Police Department announced his retirement Tuesday to become police chief at Northeastern Illinois University as the department braces ...
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One top cop gone after blistering report issued on McDonald caseAug 14, 2016 11:00 pm - A scathing assessment by the city of Chicago's inspector general is recommending that at least 10 officers involved in the Laquan McDonald case be fired or severely disc...
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CPS layoffs have hundreds of teachers looking for workAug 11, 2016 11:00 pm - The financial woes of the Chicago Public Schools has provided the city's principals with a deep pool of experienced applicants for teaching jobs. CPS last week sent layo...
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As CPS cuts overall spending, some central departments growAug 09, 2016 11:00 pm - CEO Forrest Claypool heralded new efficiencies to keep "cuts away from the classroom" earlier this week when he unveiled Chicago Public Schools' $5.4 billion in budget r...
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CPS inspector general looks at hiring of firm with Claypool tiesAug 08, 2016 11:00 pm - The Chicago Public Schools' inspector general has opened an investigation into the hiring of a law firm with ties to CPS chief executive officer Forrest Claypool and his...
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CPD alerts cops that 3 West Side gangs plotting to shoot officersAug 08, 2016 11:00 pm - Leaders from three West Side gang factions allegedly met last week to discuss plans to shoot members of the Chicago Police Department in response to the fatal police sho...
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Sandack police report not related to legislative dutiesAug 05, 2016 1:00 am - A police investigation that Downers Grove Republican Ron Sandack initiated shortly before he mysteriously resigned from the legislature last month doesn't involve Sandac...
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After bumpy year, CPS hires new network chiefs from withinAug 03, 2016 11:00 pm - Following a particularly tumultuous year, with about a month to go before classes start, Chicago Public Schools rearranged a number of administrators, promoting several ...