In a surprise, Mayor Brandon Johnson's top ally the Chicago Teachers Union was also critical of the district's lack of transparency and failure to prioritize classroom aides in the budget, even though the union has long supported a shift toward needs-based funding.
It’s easy to fall back into a life surrounded by gangs, drugs and violence in the streets of Chicago after being released from prison, Juan Romero wrote in an essay from the four walls of his cell as he tried to understand how he landed there and how he could find his way out. “It’s the only way of life we know,” said Romero, 36, now a free man. He was in his early teens when first arrested. .
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A recent report on the distribution of pollution and industry across Chicago could be a first step to addressing decades of discriminatory planning, zoning and land-use policies in Chicago. But,