Public Education
Chicago Public Schoolsâ $17.5M settlement in sex abuse case helps âpursue justiceâ for survivors, lawyers sayÂA $17.5 million settlement has been reached involving a former Chicago Public Schools (CPS) high school dean convicted of committing sex abuse and assault against a student. âWhile the District… Read More
Government
House committee probes Chicago Teachers Union after years of missing financial auditsÂCongressional lawmakers are demanding that the Chicago Teachers Union release years of missing financial audits, intensifying scrutiny about why the union is refusing to provide them in the first place.⯠… Read More
Culture
Serial criminal sets innocent woman on fire months after releaseÂA 26-year-old woman was covered in gasoline and set on fire in a vicious, unprovoked attack on the Chicago subway Nov 17. Bethany MaGee was riding the inbound Blue Line… Read More
Politics
Watch: Illinois Gov. denies Chicago has the highest murder rateIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker tried to claim Chicago was ânot in the top 30 in terms of our murder rate,â Thursday but was quickly confronted with a map suggesting it… Read More
Uncategorized
Trump urges SCOTUS to allow national guard to deploy in Chicago(Daily Caller News Foundation) â President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals … Read More
Courts
Federal judge grants Illinois restraining order against Trump for Guard deployment(The Center Square) â A federal judge has granted the state of Illinoisâ request for a temporary restraining order to prevent the Trump administration and the U.S. Army from deploying… Read More
Politics
President Trump says Pritzker, Chicago mayor âshould be in jailâ(The Daily Signal) â President Donald Trump said Illinoisâ Democrat leaders deserve to be in jail for letting crime run rampant in the city. … Read More
Government
Bondi derides Durbin in fiery testimony(The Daily Signal) â Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on law enforcement issues at a fiery Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. Durbin, the ranking member… Read More
Government
âIn the crosshairs of terroristsâ: acting ICE director Todd Lyons confirms cartels placing bounties on agents(Daily Caller News Foundation) â United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons said Monday that his agents were facing an âuptickâ in threats from drug cartels. ICE… Read More
Government
Feds open fire on armed suspect in Chicago after drivers allegedly ram, box them in(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a Saturday incident in Chicago involving border patrol agents who were âattacked and rammed by vehicles and boxed… Read More
Public Education
School consolidation a must for Chicago Public Schools, argues Tribune editorial boardShould Chicago Public Schools (CPS) keep a 900-seat facility open while itâs serving fewer than 30 students? Such âabsurditiesâ only highlight the need for the city… Read More
Public Education
Chicago student petitions to restore bathroom doors removed due to crime(The Center Square) â A Chicago student launched a petition to restore bathroom doors after Oak Park and River Forest High School removed them. At the start of the school year,… Read More
Government
Watch: Trump shuts down NBC reporter over Chicago crimePresident Donald Trump shot down NBC News reporter Yamiche Alcindor on Sunday after she asked if he was âtrying to go to war with Chicago.â âWhen you say that, darling,… Read More
Politics
Watch: Gov. Pritzker says National Guard OK when it was his idea, not TrumpâsIllinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesnât want President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to cut down on Chicago crime â even after nearly 60 people were shot and eight… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools lacking classroom placements for 200 students with disabilitiesAbout 200 students with disabilities still didnât have access to a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) classroom by the second week of this school year, Chalkbeat reported. Read More
Politics
Stephen Miller hints possible Trump tour of crime-ridden U.S. cities(Daily Caller News Foundation) â White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller hinted Thursday on Fox Newsâ âThe Ingraham Angleâ that President Donald Trump would consider touring… Read More
Politics
Watch: Former Illinois governor blasts Pritzkerâs grandstanding on Chicago crimeFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich excoriated current Gov. J.B. Pritzker for resisting President Donald Trumpâs efforts to reduce Chicago crime. âI hope President Trump comes to Chicago and can do… Read More
Public Education
Watch: Blue state mom lambastes school board for allowing 6â4â male on girlsâ volleyball teamÂKaren Powers called out Illinoisâ largest high school district for allowing a 6-foot-4 male on the girls volleyball team at James B. Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, near Chicago. … Read More
Culture
Trump vows crackdown on D.C. crime. Here are 5 other cities with high crime(The Daily Signal) â President Donald Trump announced Monday heâs taking decisive action to reduce crime in Washington, D.C., drawing attention to violent crime rates not only in the nationâs… Read More
Politics
Biden: Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘one of the brightest lawyers I’ve ever met’(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Former President Joe Biden said Thursday that Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is one of the brightest lawyers heâs ever met. Biden … Read More