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Cook County Sends $2.3 Billion in Emergency Property-Tax Funds After System Failure

The partial payout follows months of distribution breakdowns tied to a long-running technology upgrade.

Chicago Board of Education Approves $17.5 Million Settlement in Little Village Abuse Case

CTU Will Turn Over Five Years of Audits to House Panel by Dec. 22

House Panel Demands CTU Audits by Dec. 8 in Probe of Financial Disclosure Failures

Judge Orders CPS Security Guard Detained on Charges of Sexually Assaulting Two Students

Parents Urge State Probe After ChiArts Board Declines CPS Contract Renewal

Education Department Blocks Magnet Grants to Chicago, NYC and Fairfax Over Civil-Rights Dispute

CPS Enrollment Falls 2.8% to 316,224, Ending Two-Year Uptick

CPS Rejects Federal Demand to Scrap Black Student Plan, Faces Magnet Grant Block

Education Department Threatens Magnet Grants for NYC, Chicago and Fairfax Over Civil-Rights Violations

Chicago School Board Passes CPS Budget Without Pension Guarantee, Deepening City’s 2026 Deficit

Chicago School Board Set to Vote on CPS Budget as Mayor Adds New Member

Pritzker Rejects Extra State Funds as CPS Budget Hangs on One Vote

Chicago Public Schools Opens Year Without Approved Budget

Student Sues CPS Over Guard’s Hiring After Sexual Assault Allegations

Former CPS Dean Brian Crowder Sentenced to 22 Years for Student Sexual Abuse

Chicago Public Schools Faces $734M Deficit as Adequacy Falls to 73%

Chicago Public Schools Expands Community Schools to 36 Sites Despite Half-Billion-Dollar Deficit

Chicago Teacher Arrested After Federal Child Pornography Complaint Unsealed

Chicago Public Schools Faces $734 Million Deficit as Lawmakers Offer No Immediate Aid