According to CTU’s own filings, $380 million from a property tax increase and $211 million from the state went specifically to shore up the fiscally weak Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. And revenue from the property tax hike is expected to bring in almost an additional $100 million a year on top of the $380 million.

That, for those who know how to add, makes up more than two-thirds of that $1 billion in increased tax dollars. For pensions. And for those who have forgotten, CTU members pay just 2 percent of salary for their defined-benefit pension.

The survey found 49% of voters either strongly or somewhat support a walkout, while 38% are opposed.

While the “exclusion zone” for recreational pot shops would stretch slightly farther north under the revised ordinance, dispensaries could now open much closer to the Magnificent Mile on Michigan Avenue.

After months of unapologetically and fiercely demanding solutions at the bargaining table that the mayor has said don’t belong in a labor contract, Davis Gates says she isn’t looking for attention or power. She says she’s just fighting for the same thing she has been for years: Permanent social and educational justice