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‘They are playing with our lives’

Kaylee McGhee White · February 12, 2021 4:00 am

Energy Transfer, suing in U.S. District Court in North Dakota, claims the environmental groups committed racketeering and defamation that increased the cost of construction by at least $300 million. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Energy and Environment

Biden’s next big pipeline decision could deepen clash of greens and unions

Josh Siegel · February 12, 2021 4:00 am

In this Aug. 14, 2017, file photo, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera listens to questions during a press conference at City Hall in San Francisco. The city of San Francisco took a dramatic step Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in its effort to get children back into public school classrooms, suing its own school district to try to force open the doors amid the coronavirus pandemic. City Attorney Herrera, with the backing of Mayor London Breed, announced he had sued the San Francisco Board of Education and the San Francisco Unified School District in a statement and discussed it at a news conference.

San Francisco files suit against school district to reopen amid ‘mental health crisis’

Zach Halaschak · February 12, 2021 3:05 am

44,000 GM employees eligible for $9,000 bonuses via profit-sharing agreement

Haley Victory Smith · February 10, 2021 8:10 pm

Children in a classroom.

Chicago Teachers Union and public schools agree to deal to restart in-person education

Mike Brest · February 10, 2021 1:15 pm

Pictured is an empty classroom.

Chicago announces tentative agreement to resume in-person learning

Kaelan Deese · February 8, 2021 5:53 pm

Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot speaks to reporters after meeting with Mayor Rahm Emanuel at City Hall, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, the day after she defeated Toni Preckwinkle in a runoff election.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blames Trump for impasse between city and teachers union

Michael Lee · February 2, 2021 9:35 pm

Chicago withdraws threat to teachers who decline to teach in person

Jake Dima · February 2, 2021 7:08 pm

Chicago Police patrol the neighborhood.

Chicago mayor demands teachers return to classrooms on Monday as strike looms

Zach Halaschak · January 30, 2021 7:39 pm

The sign for the National Labor Relations Board seen on the building that houses their headquarters in downtown Washington.

Biden delivers a norm-busting favor to Big Labor

Trey Kovacs · January 30, 2021 6:45 pm

Bloomberg slams teachers unions and calls on Biden to reopen schools

Carly Roman · January 30, 2021 5:48 pm

Chicago parents at breaking point as teachers threaten strike rather than return to class

Zach Halaschak · January 28, 2021 11:30 am