Brenda Ruiz

Stories by Brenda Ruiz
How would the mayoral candidates address declining CPS enrollment?
The next mayor will inherit a bevy of challenges when it comes to Chicago Public Schools, including addressing a CPS budget deficit, declining enrollment and an end to the school closure moratorium. Reset learns how the mayoral candidates will approach these challenges. GUEST: Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporter
WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Feb. 3, 2023
This week the city pushed to open a former Woodlawn school’s doors for migrants and R. Kelly’s case in Cook County was dropped.
Woodlawn residents question converting former Wadsworth school into temporary migrant shelter
Residents say they wanted more say in the decision.
Chicago migrants faces challenges accessing mental health care
Experts say migrants experience high levels of stress from the journey and the uncertainty of their legal status in the U.S.
Lunar New Year must-eats in Chicago’s Chinatown
Here’s your guide to a lucky (and delicious) start to the Year of the Rabbit.
New season of WBEZ’s ‘Motive’ podcast Chicago anti-violence workers
‘Motive’ Season 5 is out Jan. 26.
New grant aims to bolster Chicago’s hidden neighborhood gems
The $5.5 million grant will expand efforts already underway in other neighborhoods across Chicago.
Chicago Asian Americans reflect on Lunar New Year after California mass shooting
A mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park killed 11 people and injured nine more.
UIC faculty reach a tentative agreement, end strike
The deal ends the union’s second strike in nine years.