Good afternoon, Chicago.
The new Chicago Board of Education was sworn in this week, marking a historic shift in oversight of the country’s fourth-largest school district after decades of mayoral control over the board.
The current hybrid board is composed of 21 members. The new board will have a decisive hand in shaping the future of Chicago Public Schools amid financial challenges at the district and contentious negotiations for a new four-year Chicago Teachers Union contract that has devolved into a prolonged power struggle.
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Pro-Trump Latino business leaders launch campaign for border security and legal status for ‘Dreamers’ and essential workers
Mexican American and Latino business leaders across the nation who support Donald Trump are forming a coalition focused on advocating for bipartisan immigration reform, prioritizing border security, and providing legal status for law-abiding “Dreamers,” young adults brought to the country as children, and long-term workers in the country without legal permission in all industries. Read more here.
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Chicago business owner Mellody Hobson to step down as lead independent director at Starbucks
Mellody Hobson serves as co-CEO and president of Ariel Investments in Chicago. She is married to George Lucas, the director and producer who created “Star Wars.” Read more here.
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How can Chicago Sky fans watch Angel Reese in Unrivaled? What are the rules? Everything to know about the new 3-on-3 league.
Competition will kick off tonight with two games, which will include Angel Reese’s Rose side facing off against Vinyl at 7 p.m. CT. Here’s what to know about the new league. Read more here.
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Writer, director and producer David Lynch.
Appreciation: In David Lynch’s dreams, cinema cracked open a little wider
Tribune film critic Michael Phillips writes of David Lynch: “The elemental dark forces informing so much of Lynch’s work went far beyond fire and icy pathology. As a fantasist he embraced it all, and every startling, beautiful paradox in his dreamstates, otherwise known as movies.” Read more here.
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Donald Trump swearing-in will move inside Capitol Rotunda because of intense cold
The swearing-in was last moved indoors in 1985, when President Ronald Reagan began his second term. Monday’s forecast calls for the lowest inauguration day temperatures since that day. Read more here.
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