Billionaires are spending big bucks on Chicago's elected school ...

Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago). In its simplest terms, the school board election is a battle between the Chicago Teachers Union and an opposing ...

A political committee affiliated with the Illinois Network of Charter Schools spent more than half a million dollars in the city's historic ...

Two groups that support “school choice” and charter schools and are critical of the Chicago Teachers Union have amassed $3.6 million from ...

The Illinois law establishing the phased-in elected school board has no campaign contribution limits.

Lawmakers tied to the Chicago Teachers Union want contributions limits as spending for Chicago Teachers Union-backed and anti-CTU candidates ...

Nearly $4 million has poured into candidates' coffers and nearly $3 million has been spent by two pro-school choice SuperPACs.

Two groups that support “school choice” and charter schools and are critical of the Chicago Teachers Union have amassed $3.6 million from ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- In two weeks, voters will be electing a new Chicago school board—and CBS News Chicago has learned more than $3 million has ...

Backers of the Chicago Teachers Union want to clamp down on "out-of-state billionaires'" campaign spending for the School Board. Good luck.

Millions in campaign cash and mentions of MAGA — but it's not the presidential race. It's the city's first school board election.

As the new school board gears up to take over in January and set standards for a form of government new to Chicago, what are the lessons of the ...

With the 2024 election in its final stretch, elected officials, candidates and others are speaking out about big money political action ...

But what kind of impact could that level of political spending have on a historic race? Two education experts who spoke to CBS News Chicago said ...

A big money race is enveloping Chicago's first-ever school board elections. So much so, in fact, that a group of progressive state and local ...

Ten seats representing 10 districts across the city were contested in the election. The winners will join 11 other members appointed by ...

Chicago made history with its first-ever school board election, a high-stakes and costly race fueled by millions of dollars from the Chicago ...

The Urban Center Action and Illinois Network of Charter Schools' have amassed $3.6 million in donations combined ahead of Chicago's first ...

Two groups that support “school choice” and charter schools and are critical of the Chicago Teachers Union have amassed $3.6 million from ...

... elections to boost Republicans around the country, including in Chicago's school board race. From Netflix tycoons to charter schools, we can ...

Chicago residents elected 10 school board members for the first time. Six were won by independent candidates and four were backed by the ...