Cps Budget

Chicagoans have heard it from Mayor Rahm Emanuel so often, it's become a mantra. By the time they've graduated from high school, students in Houston h...

It's no secret: the Chicago Public Schools, like nearly every other governmental agency in the state of Illinois, is in a deep, deep hole. In fact,...

The chief financial officer of the Chicago Public Schools has resigned, leaving the district without a CFO in a time of deep financial peril. Diana...

About 1,200 city school workers will receive layoff notices this week, and principals will begin sharing the budget pain via pay freezes and six furlo...

Due to a budget shortfall in the city and state, Chicago Public School students and teachers have been forced to make significant sacrifices. Teachers...

Plans to save money by raising Chicago class sizes to 35 students could violate fire codes established after the deadly 1958 Our Lady of Angels School...

The fate of many state programs now lies in the hands of Governor Pat Quinn. After threatening to chop $1.3 billion from the education budget if a tax...

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.

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...

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

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...