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CPS teachers head to Springfield to demand more funding
CHICAGO (CBS) — Hundreds of Chicago Public School teachers are headed to Springfield to demand more money for schools. Teachers pulled off from CPS headquarters early Wednesday morning. Their goal: To ensure Chicago schools are fully funded.State lawmakers are in their final days of budget talks for the next fiscal year.Five buses carrying teachers, one from every district-run school, went to Springfield on approved release.Last week, CPS sent parents a letter stating that the state's current offer would create a $400 million deficit. The teachers union plans to ask for $1 billion more in funding.Lawmakers say that number is a non-starter.One staff member says her grandaughter was motivation to demand more funding from the state. "I was motivated because I have a granddaughter that's a special needs student, and I want to be able to support her in what she's doing, and I want to be able to put her in a school that has the resources that she needs. And all our schools need those resources," said Bessie Watts, Chicago Teachers Union member. Illinois currently offers up to $14 billion for all schools, grades K-12.The latest budget plans would add $500 million.
Here are the baseball and softball regional results for 1A and 2A around Springfield
Here are the high school regional baseball and softball results from around Springfield for Class 1A and 2A:. Family roots:Sturdy, Patterson say pros outweigh cons of having fathers as coaches. Rising star:Pawnee's future in good hands with sophomore Ava Rodriguez-Mansholt. Long road to recovery:Gillespie's Jesse Berry 'happy' and 'lucky' to...
These 2 Illinois cities will pay you thousands of dollars to live there
Usually, paying the rent comes out of pocket – but Illinois is helping out with rent and utilities, plus other benefits for moving into two of its western Illinois cities. Pittsfield and Jacksonville are offering a remote-work incentive close to $10,000 for people to move to their smaller-scaled cities, while keeping jobs to work remotely anywhere in the United States.
Upcoming honor flight taking 94 Central IL vets to Washington
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — More than 90 veterans from across Central Illinois are heading to Washington D.C. this week courtesy of Land of Lincoln Honor Flight. The organization said its 70th flight on Tuesday will kick off their 16th year of operation. The flight will take 79 Vietnam era veterans and 15 Korean era veterans, […]
Cryptocurrency scam costing Springfield residents $200,000 a day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Last month, a 91-year-old woman walked into King City Wireless with $30,000 and attempted to deposit it into a Bitcoin ATM on the property. Two brothers who work there, Yousef and Suliman Yafai stopped the woman and asked her why she was sending all of this money. She said she was sending to it her bank. The brothers eventually called the police and convinced the woman to stop depositing the money after she had already put $3,000 into the machine.
Six road construction projects coming to Sangamon Co. this summer, IDOT says
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Six major construction projects are either underway or scheduled to begin in Sangamon County this summer. The upcoming construction season is expected to be one of the busiest ever, IDOT officials said, with Sangamon County among those seeing closures and traffic adjustments. The six projects that will take place there, all […]
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