CPS, CTU reach agreement; students to return to in-person learning Wednesday

Chicago Public School students will return to in-person learning on Wednesday after an agreement was reached between the district and the Chicago Teachers Union, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday night.

CTU, CPS reach agreement for return to in-person learning
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Chicago Public School students will return to in-person learning on Wednesday after an agreement was reached between the district and the Chicago Teachers Union, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday night.

Oak Park, Evanston to enforce vaccine mandate Monday

Oak Park and Evanston's mandates are separate from the larger Cook County mandate because they have their own public health departments.

Special needs parents sue to keep Illinois schools open
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Parents of special needs students are suing the state of Illinois to keep schools open. The federal lawsuit was filed Monday. Parents are asking for an emergency order to keep school districts from going remote. Attorney Patrick Donohue joined FOX 32 to talk about it.

Rep. Sean Casten tests positive for COVID-19

U.S. Rep Sean Casten (D-Ill.) said he tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend.

Rep. Sean Casten tests positive for COVID-19
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U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19, according to his office.

Class officially canceled in Chicago Public Schools Monday as standoff drags on

"What the teachers' union did was an illegal walkout. They abandoned their posts and they abandoned kids and their families," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a national news interview on Sunday.

Chicago fight with teachers union stretches into 2nd week
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Chicago school leaders canceled class a fourth day in the nation?s third-largest district as negotiations with the teachers? union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols failed to produce an agreement over the weekend.

Watch Novak Djokovic's visa deportation hearing live from Australia

Novak Djokovic’s visa deportation hearing in Australia began Monday. It'll determine if he can stay in the country and play in the Australian Open after his COVID-19 vaccine dispute.

Students at high schools in South Holland will be attending classes remotely starting Wednesday

Students at the district's three high schools (Thornridge, Thornton and Thornwood) will start remote classes on Wednesday, Jan. 12. Remote classes will continue until in-person instruction resumes on Monday, Jan. 24.

Gary schools to resume in-person instruction on Monday

The COVID test positivity rate in Lake County, Indiana, was at 19.58% as of Dec. 27; it was at 35.3% as of Jan. 6.

Popular Wheeling restaurant Bob Chinn's Crab House closing temporarily due to vaccine mandate

In a statement on the restaurant's website, the owners said that due to “unforeseen business circumstances brought about by the new Cook Country COVID-19 vaccination card mandate, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close our doors.”

COVID sick time: Stay home or work? Omicron poses conundrum

Millions of workers whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck as the omicron variant of COVID-19 rages across the nation.

Program to help low-income Illinoisans extended another year

Low-income taxpayers across Illinois who have outstanding fines won’t have money taken from their state income tax returns, officials announced.

Will there be school in Chicago on Monday? CPS, teachers union still negotiating

On Saturday, the Chicago Teachers Union said their employees were willing to return to schools on Monday and start remote instruction on Wednesday, but they do not want students back in the buildings until Jan. 18.

Where do you think you got COVID? A lot of Illinois residents are answering 'School'

The Department of Health emphasizes that these are locations where “COVID-19 exposure may have occurred, not that these are definitive exposure or outbreak locations.”

CTU blasts Lightfoot, claims she's refused help from the state to provide COVID tests and other resources

“Riddle me this, Madame mayor. If the state is giving you, or offering you, or asking you if you need support, why are you not responding?” said Briana Hambright-Hall, CPS teacher.