Chicago City Wire

INCS director of communications: Charter schools offer 'flexibility,' 'innovation'

By Dawn Geske | Feb 12, 2019

A director with a nonprofit organization that focuses on charter schools in the state says a charter school's autonomy allows for flexibility and innovation.

Chicago attorney says Alderman Burke is driven by power, money

By Dawn Geske | Sep 21, 2016

A Chicago attorney recently remarked that in the Windy City one man rules the roost, and that’s Alderman Ed Burke.

Professor: 'Poor admissions decisions' one reason why CSU graduation rate low

By Dawn Geske | Sep 21, 2016

If Chicago State University (CSU) wants to improve its abysmal graduation rate, it will have to attract better-prepared, more-motivated students, Robert Bionaz, associate professor of history at Chicago State and its faculty union president, said. Last school year, 37 of 58 CSU majors had zero graduates, but Bionaz said teachers aren’t to blame.

Chicago taxpayers continue to pay for White Sox's stadium

By Dawn Geske | Sep 20, 2016

As the White Sox’s stadium undergoes a name change, taxpayers continue to foot the bill for the stadium that was part of a ploy to keep the team in Chicago in the '80s.

Illegal food stamp trafficking at record levels in Illinois

By Dawn Geske | Sep 20, 2016

While July marked an all-year high for the number of individuals on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Illinois, it also marked a time when food stamp trafficking is on the rise.