CHICAGO (WBBM) — Hundreds of students in the Chicago area are not sure where to turn after the federal government pulled funding for their trade school, which is now closing at the end of the month.

The fate of the program is limbo right now—along with the vocational futures of about 25,000 people who were working their way through its training when the Department of Labor (DOL) ordered it be ...

Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...