Chicago: Teachers' Strike a "Clear and Present Danger"
The city asked a judge to end the strike, arguing it was a "clear and present danger to public health and safety"
The city asked a judge to end the strike, arguing it was a "clear and present danger to public health and safety"
Claims action taken by the teachers is illegal
Law only allows strikes over pay and benefits, but there's a lot more to this fight
Teachers strike continues on 9/11
March downtown as parents struggle to make do
Says teacher union strike is "unnecessary and wrong"
Charter schools remind parents to send their kids to school as their schools aren't affected by the teacher's strike
Rejected a 16 percent pay raise, a longer school day and a more robust teacher evaluation system
The union last week gave a ten-day notice required if it wishes to strike
Plan would have allowed five more casinos, one in Chicago.
Can the people strike against a public sector union for once?
Politics pays, as usual
Part 12,394 of an infinite-part series on public employee cost crises across the country.
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Attorney says he'll move to halfway house in Chicago.
Politics, like crime, pays
Director accused of spending more than $350,000 in contributions on himself.
Chicago mayor gets some blowback from his pandering
The Windy City's treatment of mobile food vendors is a case study in how to stifle entrepreneurship and innovation in the name of protecting powerful, entrenched interests.
Banning a business because of the owner's beliefs is a terrible abuse of political power.
NATO's summit this weekend in the Windy City will produce a lot of hot air, but what the aging alliance really needs is a douse in cold water.