Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez told Crain's today he's presenting a plan to the City Council to sweep nearly $1 ...

We explain the complicated budget impasse, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s power play and the likely impact on students and schools.

As Mayor Johnson forges ahead with his new school board appointments and CEO Pedro Martinez tries to hold onto his post, here ...

Both CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and CTU leadership called this week to use property tax dollars collected to spur economic ...

I always supported the mayor because he was the person that said, ‘We need to invest more in our schools,’” Pedro Martinez ...

To avoid a loan to deal with budget shortfall this year, the warring Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools CEO ...

CPS CEO and CTU urge using TIF funds to address the district's budget shortfall, with differing views on the amount needed.

Chicago Public Schools is proposing to use $1 billion from tax-increment financing to cover its budget shortfall, including a ...

The mayor's contentious relationship with emboldened alderpersons infuriated by his school board power play may have sunk to ...

CEO Pedro Martinez claims he asked Mayor Brandon Johnson for money to fund a CPS pension payment and raises for teachers, but ...

Jamie Lee, left, and Johnna Johnson sit at tables on either side of moderator Tom Martin during a candidate forum Tuesday, ...

Officials with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) have said the union wants to see Tax Increment Financing (TIF) used to head ...