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A group of six Chicago Public Schools board members blasted Mayor Brandon Johnson today, accusing City Hall of sabotaging a professional search for a new head of the school district.
The board members announced today that the contract between the Alma Advisory Group, the firm leading the search for a new CEO, was terminated.
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WeCreate Media CEO Wade Breitzke speaks as renderings are displayed behind him during a news conference in Portage concerning the proposed Chicago Bears stadium and development in the city on Feb. 11, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)
‘Same roar, new shore’: Portage makes a pitch to host the Bears
Not to be outdone by competitors in Arlington Heights, Hammond, Gary and even Iowa, Portage officials made their pitch to lure the Chicago Bears away from Soldier Field with a $5 billion stadium. Read more here.
More top news stories:
Illinois sues Trump administration over more than $100 million in planned cuts to health care grants
Dolton sues Fifth Third Bank over $1.9 million in alleged misappropriations by former Mayor Tiffany Henyard
‘Ripped away from us by a gunshot’: Man gets life sentence in Chinatown double homicide
McDonald’s global headquarters in Chicago’s West Loop on Dec. 19, 2019.
McDonald’s says focus on value is bringing back customers
The fast-food giant said that its global same-store sales — or sales at locations open at least a year — jumped 5.7% in the October-December period. Read more here.
More top business stories:
Oak Brook eyes proposal to replace office buildings with Amazon, Ashley Furniture stores
BP, United Steelworkers negotiations continue after strike preparations at BP Whiting refinery
Cubs reliever Daniel Palencia beats a cowbell after the Game 3 win over the Padres in an NL wild-card series Oct. 2, 2025, at Wrigley Field. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
What we learned from the Chicago Cubs, including Daniel Palencia named closer and Marquee’s spring schedule
Cubs manager Craig Counsell tends to be coy when it comes to publicly declaring specific bullpen roles. Counsell, though, did not hesitate after being asked whether Daniel Palencia would get the ninth inning in a save situation if the season started tomorrow. Read more here.
More top sports stories:
Chicago Bulls limp into All-Star break with 6th straight loss as Nikola Vučević scores 19 vs. former team
A conversation with the UIC professor who heads up sports sciences for US Figure Skating
Leah Morrow, Luke Nowakowski, Michael Mahler and Emily Goldberg in “The Irish … and How They Got That Way” by Porchlight Music Theatre at Ruth Page Center for the Arts. (Anthony Robert La Penna)
Review: ‘The Irish … and How They Got That Way’ is an old favorite that hasn’t changed a wit
Chicago actor David Girolmo knows exactly what the show needs, and there is a musically adroit and highly personable cast in the not-entirely-Irish persons of Emily Goldberg, the singer-musician Michael Mahler, the fine tenor Luke Nowakowski and Leah Morrow. Read more here.
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Review: ‘Wuthering Heights’ is a playful, messy, unsatisfying adaptation
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White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal Building on Feb. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Scott McFetridge/AP)
Border czar hails a ‘safer’ Minnesota as he says the state’s immigration crackdown is over
The Trump administration is ending the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan said today of the two-month operation that led to thousands of arrests, angry mass protests and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens. Read more here.
More top stories from around the world:
Trump’s EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
Investigators ask for surveillance video from specific dates in Nancy Guthrie disappearance
