Country Club Hills School District 160 spent $25,000 on conferences last year as parents raise concerns over school conditions.
Country Club Hills District 160 Board spent $25K on conferences last year; parents raise concerns over school conditions
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Purple Heart returned to family of Lansing WWII veteran
In the hard-fought campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II, 22-year-old Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord of suburban Lansing was hit with shrapnel during a key battle on the island of Luzon. Van Der Noord survived — as did three brothers who also served their country in the war — and earned […]
Trump administration cuts may end federal scrutiny of Illinois school where special ed kids often got arrested
The Department of Education has been monitoring Garrison School because it often called police on students. Now that oversight is in question.
Trump’s love affair with dirty coal can’t compete with market realities
Executive orders unlikely to help coal, once a dominant sector of the economy but now in steep decline because it can’t compete against cleaner, less-expensive energy sources.
As Trump dismantles EPA, Great Lakes states with a history of pollution likely will suffer
Mass firings and regulatory rollbacks come as scientists routinely determine pollution is far more damaging than previously thought.
Conflict between SEIU and CTU escalates with allegations of ‘bullying’
The conflict between the CTU and SEIU, two key supporters of Mayor Brandon Johnson, escalates with allegations of “bullying.”
Cook County assessor fixes hundreds of misclassified properties following Tribune-Illinois Answers investigation
Following a Tribune-Illinois Answers Project report, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office is fixing hundreds of properties it misclassified.
Tribune files lawsuit against CTA for failing to turn over documents related to 2023 Yellow Line crash, among other FOIA requests
The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, cites six FOIA requests made by a Tribune reporter over 14 months in which the CTA did not respond promptly, fully or at all.
Hoping to ‘Trump proof’ students’ rights, Illinois lawmakers aim to end police ticketing at school
Citing an urgency to protect students’ civil rights in a second Trump administration, Illinois lawmakers have filed a new bill that would explicitly prevent school police from ticketing and fining students for misbehavior.
‘Troubled’ Housing Authority of Cook County spent more than $60,000 at Six Flags
Hundreds of Housing Authority of Cook County employees and their families went to Six Flags on the agency’s dime.