Listen • 3:32
Chicago Teachers Union members who were supposed to report in person on Monday are continuing to teach remotely instead. The union voted Sunday to defy Chicago Public Schools plan for elementary school teachers to return to their classrooms, ahead of reopening K-8 schools on Feb. 1.
Here & Now‘s Callum Borchers talks to WBEZ’s
POLITICO
Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter
Email
Sign Up
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Presented by Uber Driver Stories
Good Thursday morning, Illinois. This was not just a transfer of power, it was a profound change of attitude, David Axelrod said on CNN last night after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took their oaths of office, Bruce Springsteen crooned and a young poet slayed the day.
POLITICO
Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter
Email
Sign Up
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Presented by Uber Driver Stories
Happy Wednesday, Illinois. It s a lot of hurry up and wait in politics these days! We ve got news about one Senate race in Georgia (Raphael Warnock has ousted Sen. Kelly Loeffler) and we re still waiting on Jon Ossoff s effort to boot GOP Sen. David Perdue. And certification of Joe Biden s win starts today but could be drawn out into tomorrow. So pour some coffee and let s focus on Illinois.
BLACK CAUCUS BACKS MADIGAN MERRY VAX-MAS! LIGHTFOOT DINGS D.C. GOP EYES GOLDBERG DURBIN’s DOUBLE DUTY
Presented by Uber Driver Stories
Happy Thursday, Illinois. Relax Democrats, says POLITICO’s John F. Harris,
The Illinois House Legislative Black Caucus announced late Wednesday night that it s sticking with
Michael Madigan as speaker, even as he struggles to hold onto a majority of members in the wake of concerns about his connection to a corruption scandal.
Madigan hasn’t been charged, but the looming scandal has touched people in his orbit and in turn been a distraction, some members of the full House have said, putting his position as speaker in jeopardy.