#Historic Black colleges to get 0,000 to preserve campuses

#Historic Black colleges to get $650,000 to preserve campuses

“#Historic Black colleges to get $650,000 to preserve campuses” CHICAGO — Several historically Black colleges and universities will receive more than $650,000 in grants to preserve their campuses as part of a new initiative announced Tuesday. The funding for the HBCUs comes as leaders of the colleges and universities continue to advocate for additional funding…

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#Lori Lightfoot talks truth on teacher-union entitlement

#Lori Lightfoot talks truth on teacher-union entitlement

“#Lori Lightfoot talks truth on teacher-union entitlement” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is a perfect progressive — who just let loose on the Chicago Teachers Union over its resistance to reopening schools and other issues. After cutting a deal with the CTU to finally reopen elementary and middle schools, Lightfoot told the The New York Times…

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#Snow slams US from Midwest to Mexico border

#Snow slams US from Midwest to Mexico border

“#Snow slams US from Midwest to Mexico border” A massive dose of winter weather is burying much of the US in snow and ice, with millions of Americans from the Midwest to the Mexican border getting slammed with frigid storms. More than 2 million people in Texas have lost power in widespread blackouts amid record…

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#Chicago’s bail ‘reforms’ clearly increased crime

#Chicago’s bail ‘reforms’ clearly increased crime

“#Chicago’s bail ‘reforms’ clearly increased crime” A recent report confirms, however inadvertently, that Cook County’s controversial limits on the use of cash bail caused more crime on the streets of Chicago and resulted in fewer defendants showing up in court.  A close look at the analysis from Loyola University’s Don Stemen and David Olson —…

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#Chicago parents told not to bring kids to school amid reopening impasse

#Chicago parents told not to bring kids to school amid reopening impasse

“#Chicago parents told not to bring kids to school amid reopening impasse” The parents of Chicago public school students were told not to send their children to school Thursday as the stalemate between the school district and teachers union continues over reopening conditions.  Teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district decided not to report to schools this week over concerns about…

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