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The Rev. Ira Acree accused two Chicago City Council members who voted against his nomination of holding him to a higher standard than what's been applied to previous appointments to mass transit boards, many who had no mass transit expertise.
He was a "miracle worker" at helping make the dreams of young playwrights and directors come true, according to a friend and former colleague.
“It really put me on edge,” Samaya Acker, a senior at Air Force Academy High School on the South Side, says of the new form's flawed rollout, which has delayed financial aid awards and college decisions for many high school seniors and others hoping to attend college next year.
Illinois mistakenly overspent its latest round of funding and will run out of money for hundreds of programs that serve about 15,000 kids in Chicago. The programs' advocates encourage state lawmakers to intervene.