Chicago Public Schools with Hanania-Calabrese Political Review on

8-10-26 Chicago Public schools & taxes - Ray Hanania & Frank Calabrese on Political-Review podcast Welcome to Political-Review with Frank Calabrese and Ray Hanania … It’s Tuesday, August 10, 2026 Frank Calabrese is a political consultant and analyst at https://FrankCalabrese.com Ray Hanania is a former Chicago City Hall reporter and columnist at https://Hanania.com This Video Podcast on politics focuses on specific political developments, issues, and controversies in Chicago and the Chicagoland area and is broadcast when those issues arise … each week, or each day … published right here at: https://Political-Review.com On YouTube … check us out and subscribe This episode looks at the $1.9 billion dollar shortfall that the Chicago Public Schools need, according to major media and observers, driven by massive pension obligations … Chicago and the state will pump $1 billion into that pension debt with the state injecting some $368 million into the pensions this year with Chicago covering the rest … the Chicago Teachers Union passed an unbalanced budget and they want the state to inject $150 million more to prevent city school teacher/administrator layoffs … the CPS has proposed a $9.9 billion budget with 1,600 lay-offs … The schools are a mess … What’s going on, Frank, with school spending … has anything really changed other than the costs rising faster than student grades? You can also view this podcast on YouTube at www.Political-Review.com Subscribe to this podcast RAY HANANIA