The ruling means the Chicago Teachers Union will need to either seek to settle the case or formally respond to the lawsuit and its allegations for the first time, and potentially open its records and communications to the plaintiffs as part of the discovery process in proceedings to come.

Chief Financial Officer Jill Jaworski didn’t get specific on new revenue besides advocating for Springfield to amend Chicago’s sales tax to broaden the services for which it applies. She did, however, take a jab at aldermen and contended they made the situation going into the 2026 budget worse by not making the difficult decision to hike property taxes this year.

“Students are unburdened by institutional inertia,” said Emily Talen, a UChicago urbanism professor and faculty lead of the Kreisman Initiative for Housing Law and Policy. “They’re not afraid to propose bold solutions and challenge conventional thinking.”

Matt McGrath, spokesman for the state’s attorney’s office, said in a statement that all 54 cases that have gone before a judge or grand jury have “withstood scrutiny and advanced.” Another 12 cases are still pending. The office plans to continuing expanding the program, he said.

The Circuit Court of Cook County has ruled in favor of the Liberty Justice Center in Weiss v. Chicago Teachers Union—denying CTU’s motion to dismiss the case and marking a significant milestone for union members seeking greater financial transparency and accountability from their leadership. The lawsuit, brought by CTU members and represented by the Liberty Justice Center, challenges the union’s failure to provide its members with legally mandated audit reports for the last five years. The plaintiffs argue that, as union members, CTU’s Constitution entitles them to clear, accessible information about how their dues are spent.

Officers served just 210 residential search warrants in 2024. In comparison, the department executed 1,382 search warrants in 2019.

Once a vibrant Hyde Park lakefront hotel, the entire footprint of the prime property, located at 4900 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, will become a permanent homeless shelter in June. It will be big enough to house over 750 people. Almost two years ago, the former Chicago Lakeshore Hotel was opened as a temporary migrant shelter.

Longtime resident Anthony Sheldon has witnessed Dolton’s changes over the years, as businesses shuttered, property taxes skyrocketed and politicians siphoned cash from the taxpayers to their own pockets. Dolton had lost brick-making, metal parts, steel, aluminum and container factories, in addition to the steel mills in surrounding towns that employed tens of thousands of people. Newcomers like Sheldon’s family inherited this decline without new jobs to offset it.

“We recognize and respect the important role the media plays in fostering transparency, accountability, and public understanding of the City’s financial outlook and policy decisions,” said Johnson’s chief financial officer, Jill Jaworski. But limiting the meeting to just “current and prospective municipal bond investors, credit analysts, and ratings agencies … is consistent with peer municipalities across the country.”

“True growth means people choosing to come here, not being involuntarily delivered by the busload. And, to be clear, without migrants from Texas, Chicago would not be experiencing such significant population growth. … While the migrant influx boosted Chicago’s population, it came at a high cost. The city reports it has spent nearly $640 million on new arrivals, money many would’ve liked to see spent in other ways.”

“I am running for Congress to stand up to Donald Trump and his MAGA cronies. I’ve never backed down from a fight, and I’ve won some big ones—on LGBTQ+ rights, campaign finance reform, protecting abortion access, defending the environment, and more,” Biss said in his announcement.