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Cash-Strapped Chicago School System Spent Millions on Junk Food

Chicago Public Schools spent millions of dollars to bring in food and beverages from area restaurants and catering companies, including more than $500,000 since July, and now the district says it craf... read more

Chicago school system plans to borrow up to $389 million

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago's cash-strapped public school system ... and junk bond ratings for Chicago Public Schools. The planned borrowing follows Republican Governor Bruce Rauner's veto in December ... read more

Emanuel: CPS likely to borrow against extra $45 million property tax increase

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Monday that cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools is likely to borrow against a $45 million property tax increase he ... and capability to actually make a modern school system,” ... read more

Teachers Call On McDonald’s To End McTeacher’s Nights

Today, groups and unions representing some 3 million ... cash-strapped schools to market its junk food brand, while miring its workers in poverty, effectively hollowing out the tax base for our school... read more

The fast-food industry’s $4.2 billion marketing blitz

And it is in the cafeteria, I think, where the fast-food industry’s marketing efforts could be effectively rebuffed. Unfortunately, I don’t have much good news here, either. Currently, we spend ... Bu... read more

The Invisible Helping Hand

Chef Max Hardy grills at a Food ... broken system with a standing ovation. It may not have helped that the pitch came from a group of University of Chicago economists, whose ranks include libertarian ... read more

The graying of America is stretching local tax dollars

At the same time, the county denied or trimmed funding requests for employee raises, police reforms and education, and voters resoundingly rejected a meals tax to generate new revenue for the fast-gro... read more

Fox Valley schools ponder ways to bridge state funding shortfall

Bruce Rauner has dismissed several plans as bailouts for cash-strapped Chicago ... schools and allow the district to spend money on longer-term expenses, such as hiring additional staff to lower class ... read more

In Defense of Food: Transcript

David Ludwig, Author, Always Hungry: The American farm system has turned into a calorie conveyor belt, that produces massive amounts of commodities to make sugary beverages, fast food, junk food ... i... read more

Obama: ‘If You Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor’

It means going for a run or hitting the gym, and raising our children to step away from the video games and spend more time playing outside. It also means cutting down on all the junk food ... their s... read more

10 People Who Could Help Save Detroit

A one-time fashion model, Cooley attended film school in Chicago and traveled the world for two years ... which will be the focus of his organization. “We’ve spent millions of dollars on this demoliti... read more