Karen Lewis Unleashes Jedi Powers In Teachers Union Battle President Obama Makes A Nostalgic Trip Back To Springfield And Other Chicago News

      Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Thursday, February 11, 2016.

Obi-Wan Karen has a message for the Board of Ed. The Force is with us! #faircontractnow pic.twitter.com/xLNjkSvHIn

— ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) February 9, 2016

• And, President Obama gifts CTA with funds to rebuild Red Line north

      The former state senator didn’t come back to Illinois empty-handed. The CTA will receive up to $281 million from the federal government for the Red Line reconstruction project if Obama’s budget proposal is passed. [Crain’s Chicago Business]