Extra Extra: How Chicago Shortchanges Its Low-Income Public School Students
By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 5, 2014 10:45PM
- A new study looks at the disparity between suburban and urban school funding and finds CPS students sorely lacking. [Huffington Post]
- Park Ridge Mayor Dave Schmidt wants O'Hare Airport's noise commission chairwoman Arlene Mulder to resign because she represents (and is a former mayor of) Arlington Heights, which would benefit from changes to flight patterns over the suburb. [Sun-Times]
- David Sirota continues to bite into the red meat that is Chicago's TIF slush fund. [International Business Times]
- A police officer in the trial of Bethany McKee testified she asked him how much prison time she could get for being an accessory to murder. [Tribune]
- The City Health Department briefly shut down Pilsen’s Nuevo Leon last week. [Eater Chicago]
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