The district indicated it will begin locking out teachers at the end of the day Monday — which could trigger a teachers strike.
CPS and CTU are under pressure to reach a deal by Wednesday to avoid another reopening delay — or a strike.
The COVID-19 virus is the enemy here: not teachers, not their union, not parents who want to return, not parents who don’t want to return.
An online survey by the Tribune found that many people have been frustrated trying to get a COVID-19 vaccination appointment.
The Tribune asked readers to share stories of how they spent their first two stimulus checks, and more than 600 people responded. Here’s what a few of them had to say.
With the start of tax season Friday, Illinois residents might discover some changes ushered in by the coronavirus pandemic when filing their returns this year.
The owner of a sprawling former Marshall Field’s warehouse complex is in preliminary discussions with Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration to create a film production campus that would create hundreds of jobs in Chicago.
Super Bowl Sunday, or any game day for that matter, is all about one thing: food. Honestly, we can take or leave all of that sports stuff, but when it comes to chicken wings, burgers, potato skins and fried food, we are all in. But one game day food category reigns supreme: dip. From Buffalo chicken dip and onion dip to salsa, guacamole, hummus and everything in between, these 21 dip recipes are going to win game day.
By Carolyn Menyes, The Daily Meal
Jan 26, 2021
After a year in which advertisers struggled to cope with the new realities imposed by the pandemic, this year’s Super Bowl spots mostly set all that tough news aside.
Christopher Plummer, who died Feb. 5 at 91, once described John Barrymore as “wonderfully brave and daring and full of panache”; he could’ve been describing himself.
Owner Stephanie Hart plans to use the windfall to help facilitate her shipping operations, sending her cakes nationally.
The new Avec location isn’t a temporary move to fill the space during the pandemic, says Paul Kahan. And the original Avec is not going anywhere.
The Chicago Bears are a desperate team, and until they acquire a quarterback, they’re going to be rumored to be in on all of the top names — including Derek Carr, Carson Wentz and Jimmy Garoppolo, among others. It could make for a dizzying run from this weekend until the start of the new league year March 17.
As the Republicans try to chart a post-Trump path back to power, they first need to find something that’s been too scarce in today’s national politics: courage, columnist Clarence Page writes.
Fighting poverty by giving parents money.
You probably know what snirt is even if you don’t know the word, Mary Schmich writes.
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I started an annual tradition with my daughter to take her on mommy-daughter adventures for her birthday (like hiking, kayaking, horseback riding, etc.).
“Sometimes I will be sleeping and wake up to think, What did we do wrong?” said Marie Lourdie Pierre-Jacques, who lost her job at Swissotel in October. Women, though 47% of the U.S. labor force last year, accounted for 55% of 2020 job losses.
His topics are Black History Month, O’Hare Airport, Jean Baptiste DuSable, all done in a tight 60 seconds on the social media platform known for teen dance videos. “I’m an urban historian, I guess.”
The Kane County Health Department had been turning away pregnant and lactating women. One health worker said she felt a “sense of shame and judgment.”
A Boston-based flutist lost a $22,000 flute made of gold and silver on the Blue Line. He got it back nearly a week later.
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President Joe Biden laid out the case Friday for moving fast and without Republicans, if necessary, to pass $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief.
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The Chicago Bulls have shut down Otto Porter Jr. from basketball activities, hoping to give the forward extra time to heal a lower back issue that has been lingering for weeks.
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The Chicago Bears are a desperate team, and until they acquire a quarterback, they’re going to be rumored to be in on all of the top names — including Derek Carr, Carson Wentz and Jimmy Garoppolo, among others. It could make for a dizzying run from this weekend until the start of the new league year March 17.
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The updated proposal now calls for preschool and elementary students to return between Tuesday and March 1.
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Fox News has canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”
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With the start of tax season Friday, Illinois residents might discover some changes ushered in by the coronavirus pandemic when filing their returns this year.
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A city bar has been cited for COVID-19 safety violations after more than 40 people, a maskless group that apparently included Chicago police officers, gathered last month in the bar’s back room, according to city records.
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A Wisconsin judge will hold a hearing next week on whether to arrest or increase bail for Kyle Rittenhouse.
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Relatives of a mother and her four daughters killed in a fire in their Des Plaines home were expected to arrive in Chicago Friday from Mexico after obtaining humanitarian visas to be able to attend the family’s funeral.
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The increasingly heated school reopening debate is forcing President Joe Biden to balance two priorities: getting children back into the classroom and preserving the support of powerful labor groups that helped him get elected.
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A Pennsylvania district attorney vowed Friday to remain in office while he fights sexual assault charges, maintaining his innocence and complaining that he was handcuffed and “paraded in front of television cameras” by the state attorney general.
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