{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_z2fhjorlq53mgv2ot6tq","title":"Referees, lawmakers blame CPS administrator for paycheck delays","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/referees-lawmakers-blame-cps-administrator-for-paycheck-delays-z2fhjorlq5","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_z2fhjorlq53mgv2ot6tq","seq":1464276,"kind":"article","title":"Referees, lawmakers blame CPS administrator for paycheck delays","url":"https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/referees-lawmakers-blame-cps-administrator-for-paycheck-delays/3997178","summary":"Chicago Public Schools football and other fall sports contests are going on as planned this weekend, days after the school district finally paid around 70 referees who had gone weeks without a paycheck. The referees were paid after they spoke out and threatened to walk off the job. CPS blamed the payment delays on a “software glitch” that they said improperly withheld money. But Referee Breyion Hutchinson, who talked to NBC Chicago, said the blame falls on CPS Sports…","published":"2026-10-03T02:23:54Z","seen":"2026-10-03T02:23:54Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-nbcchicago-com-2f57f3","name":"nbcchicago.com","domain":"nbcchicago.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q3564723","name":"WMAQ-TV","type":"broadcaster","country":"US","designations":["television station"]}},"via":"kite-nbcchicago-com-2f57f3","topics":["chicago","post"],"authors":["Paris Schutz"],"entities":[{"id":"Q39369","name":"hertz","type":"org"}],"image":"https://media.nbcchicago.com/2026/10/0_00-5p-vo-set-up-refs-not-paid-.png?fit=1920,1080&quality=85&strip=all","mentions":3,"story":"st_z2fhjorlq53mgv2ot6tq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.33000001311302185,"category2":"politics","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7599999904632568,"political":0.6600000262260437}]}