There are 51 total candidates who are currently set to appear on the November ballot for the at-large board president position and 20 board seats that are up for grabs, according to Chicago elections ...

Chicago faith and youth leaders are taking back their streets and planning their own version of a teen takeover.

More than 50 candidates filed to run for 21 seats on the Chicago Board of Education election this year. It'll be a historic ...

Candidates can be knocked off the Nov. 3 ballot if someone successfully challenges the validity of the signatures on their ...

Five months before elections, candidates for Chicago’s first fully elected school board have raised more than $830,000, with board president hopeful Sendhil Revuluri accounting for nearly one-third of ...

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About 1 in 4 students have connections to the nearby Great Lakes Naval Training Center. With the new building, officials wanted to give them a place to make their own. When your elementary school is ...

In the lead-up to Chicago Public Schools’ May 1 “day of civic action,” one school board member emerged as a particularly vocal critic, arguing repeatedly that the initiative has sown confusion among ...

Friday, May 1st marks the day many workers around the world will be observing the unofficial holiday known as “May Day," with rallies, protests and events planned across the country. In Chicago, large ...

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