Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that he would be meeting with billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk at the Pentagon on Friday to discuss “innovation, efficiencies & smarter production.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for a plan to shut down of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades.
Police cut short a town hall in Downers Grove following Palestinian-Israeli protests and Democratic US Rep. Sean Casten.
The Chicago Board of Education postponed a budget amendment pushed by Mayor Brandon Johnson raising doubt about who will pay for Chicago Public Schools’ teachers contract and a pension payment.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department.
Metra agreed to pay its lobbyist for work related to a looming transit budget gap, even as agency leaders have called for more funding.
A federal judge Wednesday set sentencing for former House Speaker Michael Madigan on bribery and other charges for June 13.
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department, according to a White House official, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives.
Illinois lawmakers advanced a controversial bill that would place a number of regulations on homeschooling as opponents packed the Capitol.
Mayor Brandon Johnson called in Chicago Public Schools’ chief Pedro Martinez and Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates for a special meeting before a budget amendment vote.