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The Spin Thursday, October 8, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Two years later, the Chicago Board of education finally put its three standing committees on finance, operations and student success to work. | | | | | As the political prospects for Republicans worsen ahead of November’s midterm elections, the GOP is increasingly playing defense over its yearslong grip on state governments. | | | | | In November, Chicago voters will head to the polls to elect all 21 members of the Chicago Board of Education for the first time ever. | | | | | Want to vote in Chicago’s school board elections? Find your district and the candidates campaigning to be its next representative with the Tribune’s lookup tool. | | | | | President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not order a resumption of military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections in the United States. | | | | | President Donald Trump’s administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using an H-1B visa as it accuses the company of fraud. | | | | | Donald Trump is really, really hoping the weather doesn’t stop him from going to another big college football game — this one in Alabama on Saturday night. | | | | | In Will County’s District 2, incumbent Republicans Judy Ogalla and Frankie Pretzel are challenged by Democrat Bob Howard. | | | |