'Twosday' / CTU Politics / Twisted Hippo Fire / Tyler The Creator

Things are about to heat up in the campaign for control of the Chicago Teachers Union.

A new CTU caucus of rank-and-file members has gone public with plans to seek control of the politically fractured union in the union's election slated for May 20.

Founders of REAL — which stands for "Respect, Educate, Advocate and Lead" — have not announced a slate of candidates, yet.

But the group has released a fledgling campaign platform that takes aim at current CTU leaders who have "lost touch with the difficulties that educators face in our schools."

New Caucus Campaigns To Lead Fractured Chicago Teachers Union

Damp. High: 44 Low: 18.

• Today is all deuces. "Twosday," some people are calling it — the second day of the work week on February 22, 2022, or 2-22-22 for short. And that's not the only numeric palindrome on the calendar this month. (NBC)
• Chicago native Juwan Howard was suspended for the rest of the regular season as University of Michigan's head basketball coach for getting physical with an opposing coach in the handshake line after a depressing defeat Sunday. Jeff Arnold has the details. (Patch)
• In the weirdest of coincidences, a man who police caught tossing heroin from a car owned by the Chicago police chief of internal affairs is the same guy who gave authorities bad information that lead to the wrongful raid on Black social worker Anjeanette Young's home, CWB and WGN reported citing documents and police sources. (WGN)
• Garfield Park became a full-on food desert after city health inspectors temporarily shut down the only remaining grocery store in the neighborhood for failing a health inspection. Local businessman, Deshawn Nelson, of Mr. Nelson's Movers, partnered with Imperfect Foods to hand out enough fresh fruits and vegetables for 100 families. (FOX32)
• Chicago's craft beer community rallied behind the owners of Twisted Hippo, an Albany Park brewery destroyed in an extra-alarm fire Monday. Local beer lovers donated than $46,000 to a GoFundMe fundraising campaign. (MSN)

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