Forty-one Illinois mayors and village presidents are calling on state lawmakers to approve the stopgap budget and education spending proposals introduced by Republican leaders.
Chicago parents rallied on the city's Northwest Side Friday morning to press for state and city solutions to the budget crisis at Chicago Public Schools.
Former Lt. governor and state senatorial candidate Sheila Simon wants state lawmakers to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a spending bill that would have funded social services as well as colleges and universities.
Chicago Public Schools students are protesting downtown Friday to speak out against proposed school budget cuts and demand a "better learning environment and appropriate funding for all schools."
A group of Illinois lawmakers from Chicago's North Side invited Gov. Bruce Rauner Thursday to take a tour of a local public school, Brentano Math and Science Academy in the Logan Square neighborhood.
