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CPS will lay off 760 teachers in bid to close budget deficit
Chicago Public Schools earlier this month announced drastic plans to close the district’s around $730-million dollar-budget deficit.
That includes la…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Illinois sees 16% drop in SNAP enrollment 1 year after food program overhaul
The number of Illinois residents enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – or SNAP – has declined by 16% over the past year. Tha…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Today marks the unofficial start to Chicago's race for mayor
Chicagoans with big dreams of becoming this city’s mayor are fanning out across town today (TUE) to collect the signatures needed to get on the ballo…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
A TMP investigation into deteriorating treatment & conditions at the Joliet Treatment Center, what was once looked at as a model for mental health care in prisons.
A note that this next story contains descriptions of self-harm.
The Joliet Treatment Center – about an hour outside of Chicago – is a specialized Ill…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Recently, Prisoncast got a letter from Scott at Sheridan prison… requesting the sound of a hockey game at a local ice arena.
Several times a year, our show Prisoncast sends hundreds of surveys inside prisons and jails in Illinois. One thing we ask the people incarcerated…
2 months ago
St. Vincent explores genre-defying collab with orchestras like Chicago Symphony
Annie Clark, the superstar guitarist who performs under the name St. Vincent, will play with the Chicago Symphony this weekend at Ravinia.
It’s a stop…
2 months ago
Chicagoans recited the Declaration of Independence together. How did it feel?
America is celebrating its 250th anniversary this month (July).
At a recent reading of the Declaration of Independence at Chicago’s Newberry Library,…
2 months ago
our rescued belugas arrive in Chicago from Canada, but not without controversy
Four beluga whales have been transported to the Shedd Aquarium from Canada in an effort aquarium staff called “unprecedented” and “urgent.” But an…
2 months ago
Cochinita pibil connects this family across time and distance
Brothers and restaurateurs Teddy and Alexis Vejar spent their childhood surrounded by great cooks both in Mexico and the US.
Now, they run the restau…
2 months ago
CPS special education cases and costs have skyrocketed
School districts across the country are seeing a spike in students with autism.
As it has in other places, the increase in students with special need…
2 months ago