Local & Regional · Politics & Government · North America

Cash floods CPS School Board races, with big money groups outraising the Chicago Teachers Union 5 to 1

Back when the idea of an elected school board was still being debated, opponents voiced fears that the powerful Chicago Teachers Union would simply try to buy the elections. Yet as Chicago stands on a historic precipice of electing all 20 members and a citywide president on Nov. 3 that’s not how it’s playing out. Cash