Monday, March 17, 2025

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rnc-2024
  • by david hall
Time for a reset? Illinois Republicans enter GOP convention with a new leader — and old divisions

The convention will mark a coming-out party for Kathy Salvi, who faces the challenge of rebuilding a party incrementally decimated by failed statewide campaigns, division within its ranks — and Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s vast fortune bolstering Democratic supermajorities.

Politics
  • by david hall
Columbia Law Professor Smeared by Israel Supporters Could Lose Her Job

“There’s a very good chance that they will fire me,” said Katherine Franke, a tenured professor who has defended students protesting for Gaza.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
For Chicago students, path to a top CPS high school often begins at 4 and is filled with disparities

Students admitted to CPS gifted elementary programs are three times more likely to get into one of Chicago's 11 test-in high schools than kids who go to nonselective neighborhood elementary schools, a WBEZ analysis of data has found.

city-hall
  • by david hall
$11.25M settlement proposed for women paramedic candidates victimized by discriminatory CFD physical test

The post-hiring test was so demanding and so unrelated to the skills needed to serve that four of the 12 women suffered “career-ending” hip and back injuries during testing. One “tore her hip open,” their attorney said.