The archdiocese operates nearly 150 Catholic schools in the Chicago area, and reports more than 800 students with disabilities. Though the students attend private schools, they are entitled to federally funded support services under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act. CPS distributes the funding to Catholic schools within its attendance boundaries.

“I think there’s a great deal of room for improvement, to say the least, in the city’s cooperation with oversight,” Deborah Witzburg said. “If we are not all working in the direction of building a government that more closely resembles the one Chicagoans deserve, then at least some of us are in the wrong line of work.”

The report revealed antiquated systems and policies dating back decades that prevent the city’s Department of Finance from tracking and collecting all of the money owed. No single city department tracks all debt it is owed, different departments use different systems to track debt, and they don’t talk to each other.

Quentin Williams, 38, is accused of setting multiple fires aboard a CTA Blue Line train in the Loop and threatening passengers with a box cutter, according to court records. Prosecutors said Williams has a prior felony conviction for stabbing a random person in the leg with a box cutter on a CTA train.

At $30, adult admission to see the 44th president’s story is more than at any other U.S. presidential library, a Wall Street Journal review shows. That is 59% higher than the average for presidents from John F. Kennedy through George W. Bush.

“I have very deep concerns about the former mayor of the city of Chicago. What he did in Chicago — from school closures to privatization to austere budgets,” Johnson said during a radio broadcast before a live audience. Johnson talks often about having “taken an arrest” while protesting Emanuel’s decision to close Dyett High School.

“We ask for detention in every violent crime on the CTA … We’re getting detention in 81 percent of the cases. That’s up significantly from where it was 15 months ago. And the way that we do that is make sure judges have the fullest picture possible on why this person presents a danger,” said Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke.

“It certainly is another example of the Council stepping up and sort of rescuing an item to fill a void of what’s not happening on the Fifth Floor [mayor’s office] that’s consistent with what took place with the budget,” said Ald. Marty Quinn.

Mark Glennon, founder of Wirepoints, criticized the pension buyout program, stating that it simply shifts debt rather than reducing it. He emphasized that the broader fiscal picture facing Chicago continues to worsen across all metrics, indicating that the city’s financial challenges extend beyond just the pension issue.

Thornton Township is asking a Cook County judge to impose sanctions on those who filed a lawsuit alleging sexual assault and battery by Dolton Trustee Andrew Holmes during a 2023 work trip to Las Vegas, according to court records.

“Parents, be aware of where your children are going this evening. DO NOT allow your children to attend one of these gatherings; they are dangerous and can often turn violent,” Mayor Brandon Johnson wrote on social media. “Together we can keep our youth and our communities safe.”