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Whose Fault is the CPS Budget Crisis?

Paras Bhayani | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Tom Geoghegan, Social Security, CPS Budget, Mayor Daley, Cps, Cps Pensions, Tifs, Chicago News
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If the federal government provided a higher social security payout funded by higher payroll taxes, CPS could actually devote attention to its work rather than worrying about how to pay for its retirees' pensions.

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Cash-Strapped Chicago Schools Give Six-Figure Deal To Wife Of Ex-Board Chief

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 04.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gery Chico, Cps, SPC Consulting LLC, Chicago Public Schools, Sunny Chico, Cps Consulting Contracts, CPS Budget, Chicago News

At a time when Chicago Public Schools are pleading extreme poverty, CPS has found the money to give a six-figure consulting deal to the wife of the fo...

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Property Taxes Likely Rising As Schools Face $500 Million Budget Hole

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Budget Deficit, Cps Budget Gap, Chicago Public Schools, Cps, CPS Budget, Illinois Property Taxes, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

Despite receiving a huge influx of federal economic-stimulus cash, Chicago Public Schools faces a nearly half-billion-dollar budget hole, and state ta...

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Chicago Board Of Education Approves Record Budget

Chi Town Daily News | Paul D. Bowker | Posted 09.28.2008 | Chicago

Read More: CPS Budget Record, Education, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Property Taxes, Chicago Schools, CPS Budget, Cps, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago News

The Chicago Board of Education approved a record $6.2 billion budget yesterday while holding the line on property taxes for the first time since 1999...

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