The Charles Eisenman Award, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s highest civic honor, was first awarded in 1924 by the Jewish ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The budget watchdog group the Civic Federation warned Monday that the Chicago Public Schools' finances are in such bad shape that the State of Illinois may need to take control of ...

The Civic Federation said dwindling enrollment, rising costs, long-term pension liabilities, and infrastructure needs have left the district on "the financial brink." ...

Budget watchdog group the Civic Federation warned current circumstances are “so serious that a state financial takeover … is not and should not be out of the question,” and urged the new ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The nation's fourth-largest school system is perched on a financial cliff, and will fall if something is not done soon, according to the Civic Federation. The budget watchdog ...

The results “will give us a lot to think about,” Board Chair Takis Karantonis, who has seen some of the data, said at an Arlington County Civic Federation meeting last week. “I remain ...

The budget watchdog group said CPS' finances are in such bad shape that the State of Illinois may need to take control of the school district. Special counsel report on Hunter Biden slams Joe ...

The current seven-person Chicago school board, with members all selected by Mayor Brandon Johnson, will switch Wednesday to ...

Newly proposed legislation could make it possible for Arlington to implement major county-government changes. Del. Patrick ...

As we observe National School Choice Week, one group should not be left out of reconciliation: K-12 parents and students.

That’s abundantly clear from a new report from the Civic Federation, which points out the most pressing fiscal and operational problems in CPS — among them, thousands of new hires largely paid ...

Illinois’ budget outlook, which went from embarrassing to respectable in less than a decade, is today best described as ...