CBS News Chicago asked candidates to share their views on four key issues facing the next board when all members are sworn in ...

CHICAGO - Tensions are escalating between supporters of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Pedro Martinez and Mayor Brandon ...

CHICAGO - Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Pedro Martinez claims he asked Mayor Brandon Johnson for money to fund a CPS ...

Martinez has trumpeted that request since first airing it publicly last week. The CPS CEO called on Johnson in April to declare a widely expanded TIF surplus, he told the Tribune last Wednesday.

The school district has struggled to provide busing for students who have traditionally gotten it. Because it's legally ...

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez spoke before councilmembers in an Education Committee hearing to discuss the district's budget. Taylor said the hearing is not about Martinez, but instead about getting ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a record tax increment financing surplus for a second consecutive year. But that’s far less ...

A Chicago elementary school now bears the name of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ruth Bader Ginsburg ...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez ... Johnson said there was no agreement made with Martinez and CPS on the subject of using TIF funding to help cover budget shortfalls.

Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th, pressed Martinez on the size of the surplus from tax-increment financing districts CPS would need to reach the $484 million he's asking of the city. When the city sweeps ...

At a hearing Wednesday, City Council members admonished Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro ... former CPS CEOs whose decisions she said contributed to the current shortfall. Martinez said CPS ...