The lawsuit says such a program, which uses race as a “proxy” to stand in for actual discrimination claims, is unconstitutional.

With her proposal to deny charges for crimes discovered after traffic stops, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx cited a resolve to rectify racial disparities in the legal system. But South Side Republican Chairman Devin Jones said, “It’s always done under diversity, equity and inclusion, and the only thing that Black people end up being included in is more crime, more death, poverty and destruction.”

Students who travel from across the city to attend Sabin Dual Language Magnet School and LaSalle Language Academy are often economically disadvantaged, members of each school community said. But of eight dual language teachers at LaSalle, parent Joanna Evans said seven positions have been cut. “To me, 88 percent is disproportionate,” she said.

District leaders said CPS will guarantee a job elsewhere in the district for teachers who are losing their current positions due to budget cuts. “The new budget model accomplishes what we set out to do: To provide more to our high needs schools with foundational resources that they haven’t had before,” CPS CEO Pedro Martinez told reporters.

In the Illinois General Assembly’s last legislative session, CTU opposed a bill requiring school districts with 300 or more students to post a list of learning materials and activities that were used for student instruction in the previous school year. That would include, for example, the title and author of textbooks or any guest lectures.

The virtual approach also will help Democrats avoid the possibility of protests in Chicago over the war in Gaza interfering with Biden’s nomination. Organizers have been planning for protests outside the United Center in Chicago, and there also is a risk of disruption inside the convention hall if some delegates are opposed to Biden’s support for Israel.

Local developer Franklin Partners has raised its bet on the recovery of the sluggish office sector, buying a distressed office complex next to Oakbrook Center mall for 20% less than it was sold for nearly a decade ago.

For three critical hours after four students were shot, two fatally, at Benito Juarez High School in December 2022, the school principal and some staffers threw up roadblocks to the police investigation and weeks later had to be threatened with grand jury subpoenas to spur their cooperation. According to public documents and police sources, school principal Juan Carlos Ocon and other administrators told detectives that cooperating would violate CPS policy, and they insisted on checking with their legal department.

The long weekend put Mayor Brandon Johnson’s summer safety plan to the test. During a community walk over the weekend, he criticized previous administrations for what he calls a lack of investing in the city and its youth. “They have run this city to the ground, but now, you have progressive leadership that’s invested in people to building it up,” Johnson said.

“Jobs and things like that of course help, but they have to want jobs,” said Street Pastor Donovan Price. “They have to want the kind of programs that are available to them. They have to take advantage of the programs. The parents have to play a part in them either taking advantage of either the jobs, or the programs.”

The designated buses would make up about 13 percent of the CTA’s roughly 1,900 total buses. Already, the CTA has struggled to provide frequent and reliable service as it grapples with a shortage of operators to run buses and trains. “I think if it’s over 10 percent (of the fleet) there’s a potential that it could put pressure on the ability to deliver regular service,” said Audrey Wennink, of the Metropolitan Planning Council.