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The Crisis Cast


Oct 10, 2024

On Friday October 4th mass resignations from the CPS school board rocked Chicago's political landscape. Then on Monday October 7th, Mayor Brandon Johnson's made a quick turnaround to appoint new board members.
 
During this episode of the Crisis Cast municipal finance expert Paul Vallas joins Lissa & Thom to offer perspective and a dose of reality on the CPS turmoil. There have been months of strife between Mayor Johnson, the Chicago Teachers Union, and CPS CEO Pedro Martinez over how to address the school system's fiscal cliff. Is there a CTU coup at play? How will this impact voters who get to choose a partially elected board for the first time?