The schools inspector general has launched grade-changing investigations at more than 30 Chicago Public Schools, including Hyde Park Academy High, where more than 2,000 grades were boosted last school year.
A Traffic Court judge has ordered a Cook County court deputy to attend traffic school for hitting a highway worker. "It's time to have a refresher course in driving," Cook County Circuit Judge Earl Hoffenberg told Tony Lampkin on Wednesday.
Uncorking a risky election-year gambit, Gov. Quinn on Wednesday proposed a 33 percent increase in the state income tax to avoid "sacrificing the future of a generation of children." Quinn's push to hike the tax on Illinois workers' paychecks from 3 percent to 4 percent came with a promise to devote all of the $2.8 billion in new annual revenues to education.
