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Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2021 03:38 PM EDT
Arlington Height Daily Herald. June 4, 2021. Editorial: Let’s give the vaccine lottery a try in Illinois Details are...

Chicago high schools to reopen Monday after union approval

By Sophia Tareen Apr. 18, 2021 06:01 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s public high schools were set to reopen Monday for the first time since the nation's third-largest school district went fully remote...

Chicago eyes April return to class for high school students

By Sophia Tareen Mar. 16, 2021 07:53 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Public high school students in Chicago could return to class for limited in-person instruction starting next month under the outline of plan...

Medical Supplies lie on a table at a CPS vaccination site at Roberto Clemente High School, 1147 N Western Ave in Ukrainian Village, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Chicago opens 4 COVID-19 vaccine sites for school employees

By Sophia Tareen Feb. 14, 2021 12:36 PM EST

Chicago parent Rosa Esquivel, right, helps her 10-year-old daughter Veronica Esquivel, who attends Andrew Jackson Elementary School, with her homework after virtual school hours, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at their residence in Chicago's predominantly Hispanic Pilsen neighborhood. Rosa is not sending her children to school and doesn't believe that the schools will be safe from the coronavirus, which made her mother and sister sick and killed an aunt and uncle in her native Guatemala. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
Chicago begins return to classrooms after bitter union fight

By Sophia Tareen And Don Babwin Feb. 10, 2021 10:59 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2021, file photo, Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson speaks during a news conference as Mayor Lori Lightfoot, background, listens at City Hall in Chicago. The Chicago Teachers Union has approved a deal with the nation’s third-largest school district to get students back to class during the coronavirus pandemic, union officials announced early Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)
Union approves deal with Chicago schools to return to class

By Don Babwin And Sophia Tareen Feb. 10, 2021 05:50 AM EST

Chicago Teachers Union approves deal with nation’s third-largest school district to return to classrooms amid pandemic

Feb. 10, 2021 05:47 AM EST
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Teachers Union approves deal with nation’s third-largest school district to return to classrooms amid pandemic. ...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, at podium, and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson, background, announce Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at City Hall that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Chicago Teachers Union to reopen schools, in Chicago. The proposed deal is subject to an approval vote by CTU's House of Delegates. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Union leaders send Chicago schools reopening plan to members

By Sophia Tareen Feb. 08, 2021 09:52 PM EST

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson speaks during a news conference as Mayor Lori Lightfoot, background, listens, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at City Hall in Chicago. Jackson and Lightfoot announced that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Chicago Teachers Union to reopen schools. The proposed deal is subject to an approval vote by CTU's House of Delegates. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Chicago mayor touts deal with union to reopen schools

By Sophia Tareen Feb. 07, 2021 01:23 PM EST

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot clears her throat during a press conference where she demanded the Chicago Teachers Union to reach a deal with Chicago Public Schools on a reopening plan at City Hall, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Chicago Teachers Union: City has stopped negotiating

By Don Babwin Feb. 05, 2021 04:06 PM EST

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson speaks during a press conference at City Hall with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot,, Thursday morning, Feb. 4, 2021, in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot demanded Thursday that the city's teacher's union reach agreement on COVID-19 safety protocols by the end of the day and bring students back to the classroom, but did not say what she would do if that doesn't happen. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Chicago mayor demands teachers return, union offers proposal

By Don Babwin And Sophia Tareen Feb. 04, 2021 12:31 PM EST

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to reporters after visiting preschool classrooms at Dawes Elementary School in Chicago, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Monday was the first day of optional in-person learning for preschoolers and some special education students in Chicago Public Schools after going remote last March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Pool)
Chicago schools, union continue talks over virus safety plan

By Sophia Tareen Feb. 03, 2021 09:14 PM EST

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to reporters after visiting preschool classrooms at Dawes Elementary School in Chicago, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Monday was the first day of optional in-person learning for preschoolers and some special education students in Chicago Public Schools after going remote last March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Pool)
Chicago schools extend talks with union over in-person class

By Sophia Tareen Feb. 01, 2021 08:54 AM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 file photo, teachers Adrienne Thomas, left, and Irene Barrera, right set up their computers and materials for their virtual classes outside of Suder Montessori Magnet Elementary School in solidarity with pre-K educators forced back into the building in Chicago. The plan to reopen Chicago schools remains in limbo as last-minute negotiations over COVID-19 safety measures with the teachers’ union stretch into Sunday, Jan. 31 and amplify the possibility of a strike. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
Chicago schools reopening uncertain as union talks stall

By Sophia Tareen Jan. 31, 2021 02:45 PM EST

Chicago mayor: Schools will reopen despite balking teachers

Jan. 29, 2021 11:13 PM EST
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools plans to proceed with the reopening of elementary and middle schools on Monday despite the failure to reach an agreement...

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 06:44 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 26 The Mercury News and...

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, teachers Adrienne Thomas, left, and Irene Barrera set up their computers and materials for their virtual classes outside of Suder Montessori Magnet Elementary School in solidarity with pre-K educators forced back into the building in Chicago. Chicago teachers ordered to schools this week ahead of students planned to ignore district orders over coronavirus safety concerns, setting the stage for a work stoppage in the nation's third-largest school district, according to a union email circulated Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
Chicago schools reopening hits snag as union fight escalates

By Sophia Tareen Jan. 26, 2021 09:20 PM EST

Members of the Missouri National Guard check information from hundreds waiting in line Friday morning, Jan. 22, 2021, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., for the state's first mass COVID-19 vaccination event. (Paul Davis/The Daily American Republic via AP)
The Latest: Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall

By The Associated Press Jan. 25, 2021 04:06 AM EST

FILE- In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 file photo, elementary 1 teacher Melissa Vozar sits outside of Suder Elementary in Chicago to teach a virtual class. The Chicago Teachers Union said Sunday, Jan. 24 that its members voted to defy an order to return to the classroom before they are vaccinated against the coronavirus, setting up a showdown with district officials who have said such a move would amount to an illegal strike. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district

By Sophia Tareen Jan. 24, 2021 01:03 PM EST

Chicago teachers begin vote to defy order to return to class

By Sophia Tareen Jan. 21, 2021 05:02 PM EST
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers began voting Thursday to defy orders to report for in-person class next week ahead of elementary students' return, actions the...