Chicago

Chicago (i/ʃˈkɑːɡ/ or /ʃˈkɔːɡ/) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago is the seat of Cook County.

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; it also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight. In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.As of 2014, Chicago had the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States at US$610.5 billion.

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CPS moves ahead with a Black Student Success Plan, despite Trump administration threats

Chicago Sun-Times 25 Apr 2025
The Chicago Board of Education has vowed not to bend on its commitment to making sure curriculum and other programs center and protect its mostly Latino and Black students, despite the Trump administration’s threats to pull federal funding from school districts with diversity, equity and inclusion programs ... Sarah Karp covers education for WBEZ....
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CPS Board says yes to CTU contract, ending year-long trial

Chicago Sun-Times 25 Apr 2025
The Board of Education approved the Chicago Teachers Union’s new contract agreement Thursday, putting the final touch on a deal that took almost a year to negotiate ... “At its core, this contract fairly rewards the excellent work of our educators, makes investments that are ......
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Chicago school board OKs $139M to fund new teacher contract; launches equity initiatives

Chicago Tribune 25 Apr 2025
The Chicago Board of Education approved and ratified an agreement between the teachers union and Chicago Public Schools, along with a budget amendment allocating $139 million in funding to cover it, at a meeting Thursday ... But at the monthly meeting, Chicago Teachers Union ......
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Life sciences startup secures $30 million and opens Fulton Market lab

Chicago Tribune 25 Apr 2025
“That did not exist here in Chicago until Portal Innovations,” he said ... The Chicago region has a lot of the ingredients needed to nurture the biotech industry, especially universities such as Northwestern and the University of Chicago, and a highly educated workforce....
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WATCH: Charter CEO: Chicago Board of Ed is 'hurting kids' by failing to renew schools

Mount Carmel Register 25 Apr 2025
(The Center Square) – Chicago charter school leaders and families are protesting shorter renewal terms and a Chicago Board of Education resolution that could subject charter schools to unionization efforts ... ....
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Daywatch: Pritzker’s pick to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin

Chicago Tribune 25 Apr 2025
Good morning, Chicago ... Meslar/Chicago Tribune) Mistrial declared in federal bribery trial of state Sen ... The Chicago Board of Education approved and ratified an agreement between the teachers union and Chicago Public Schools, along with a budget amendment allocating $139 million in funding to cover it, at a meeting yesterday....
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U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly holds town hall at Eastern Illinois University

Journal Gazette 25 Apr 2025
Robin Kelly's 2nd Congressional District stretches from the southeast side of Chicago more than 130 miles south to Danville ... "I can confidently say Central Illinois’ values are more closely aligned with the values and voting records of Mary Miller and Mike Bost than they are with Chicago Democrats," Bost said ... 8, 2003, in Chicago ... 30, 2010 in Chicago....
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Indiana passes $44 billion budget in final vote of 2025 session

Chicago Tribune 25 Apr 2025
Most state agencies will see a 5% cut to their budgets, Thompson, R-Lizton, said, excluding public safety, mental health, Medicaid and K-12 education ... Earl Harris, D-East Chicago, echoed his Democratic colleagues’ concerns with education and public health funding cuts....
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Western Michigan University board appoints new president. When WMU's new leader takes over

Sturgis Journal 24 Apr 2025
"I am the son of an immigrant with little means who achieved the American Dream through public education," Kavalhuna said in his resume ... "When I was a prosecutor, I focused on the dangerous parts of society, which led to receiving death threats and caused me to shift my focus to the redemptive power of education....
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Who are Canada's cardinals? A look at the five dignitaries ahead of the papal funeral

Moosejaw Today 24 Apr 2025
Cardinals from around the world are converging on Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis and upcoming meetings that will determine the next leader of the Catholic Church ... Thomas Collins. Born ... Education ... Education. Graduate studies at the University of Chicago in an interdisciplinary program in humanities, social thought and theology in 1978 ... Education ... ....
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The intimate ‘Meanwhile Park’ announces season

Q Saltlake Magazine 24 Apr 2025
She received her BFA in Theater Education from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, and lives in Chicago with her husband and very anxious rescue dog ... “This play was initially written as part of a new play incubator with Pocket Theatre VR here in Chicago....
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Charter school transparency will ensure students are prioritized

Chicago Sun-Times 23 Apr 2025
As a daughter of Mexican immigrants and a proud Pickard Elementary and Benito Juárez High School graduate, I know what public education means to Chicago's working-class families ... In a moment where the federal government is openly hostile to public education, Chicago must lead by example....
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Daywatch: Highland Park parade survivors hope sentencing offers relief, justice

Chicago Tribune 23 Apr 2025
City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado, from left, University of Illinois Chicago Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda and Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez joke around while posing for a photo during an event launching Chicago Roadmap 2.0, a higher education partnership, on April 22, 2025....

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