“The CTU has grown increasingly unpopular, and its leaders are desperate to pad their ranks with allies in advance of key conversations about the district, union and taxpayers’ money,” Smith went on to say in the press release.

In the wake of a report detailing the hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals with criminal convictions living in the U.S., some Illinois lawmakers are demanding transparency at home.

After a complaint from the City Council’s only Jewish member, the Budget Committee has canceled plans to summon embattled Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to a hearing on Rosh Hashanah to explain why he is refusing to absorb a $175 million pension payment for non-teaching school employees.

A $21 million expansion of the Elgin Sports Complex, highlighted by the addition of three new athletic fields, kicks off with a ceremonial groundbreaking this week.