The City Council’s progressive caucus holds a budget hearing, because someone has to.
Tag: budget hearings
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Mayoral ally thanks police for ignoring the pot decriminalization law he sponsored
After months of demanding fixes to Chicago’s marijuana policies, Alderman Danny Solis deems them “very effective.”
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Mayor Rahm holds a budget hearing—invitation only
Budget hearings in Chicago: If Mayor Rahm doesn’t hear the bad news, apparently that means there is none.
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In budget debate, the public weighs in while the mayor skips out
After Rahm nixes public budget hearings, aldermen organize their own
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Mayor Emanuel’s budget show
It’s a familiar script: you pay more, the little guys get fired, and the mayor hoards the money
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Nice perks for the po-po
Alderman Anthony Beale dares to point out the generosity of some police department perks.