For three decades, the city has failed to cope with the loss of mental health clinics. The pandemic revealed the wounds of this disinvestment.
Tag: budget
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Here’s what you need to know about participatory budgeting
“It sounded like the way I thought democracy was supposed to work.”
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‘What difference would that make?’
A pilot program for participatory budgeting in Chicago Public Schools led to gender-neutral bathrooms, shower curtains in locker rooms, and students feeling empowered to influence change.
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Four actual proposals for cutting Chicago’s police budget right now
We likely won’t see the 75 percent cut that organizers have asked for, but there are some proposals on the table.
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How do you give Chicagoans a say in the city’s budget?
A Q&A with the designer of the People’s Budget bus tour
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How does the city budget work?
A guide to who holds the power and purse strings when it comes to Chicago’s money
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Chicago’s budget crisis, explained
Budget season is here but it’s more dogged than usual. How will the city recover from a nearly billion-dollar budget gap?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Mayor Rahm’s great TIF bamboozle
The Joint Review Board creates the illusion of oversight.
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The Lincoln Yards TIF will benefit development firm Sterling Bay—but cost Chicagoans
Rahm’s pet development project will mean higher property taxes and less money for schools.
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Trump’s proposed budget cuts would eviscerate aid to Chicago’s domestic violence victims, homeless services, lead poisoning screenings, and more
Defunding Meals on Wheels is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Emanuel lobbied feds to approve airline merger, pocketed $53,000 campaign contribution
ProPublica reminds us what the ‘old’ Rahm was like.
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Budget stalemate wreaked havoc on Illinois’s behavioral health-care infrastructure
Patients now face months-long waits for treatment as health-care workers struggle to do their jobs.
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All aboard! Claypool transfers CTA pals to CPS
Rahm’s schools CEO is putting a new spin on an old Chicago budget trick.
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Mayor Rahm keeps us waiting for an overdue TIF report
Mayor Rahm’s administration is slower than molasses when it comes to releasing key budget documents that tell us how much the city’s borrowed and how much he’s got hidden in his TIF slush fund.
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State budget showdown puts criminal justice reforms on hold
Bills to decriminalize pot and shrink the prison population are in purgatory while the governor and Democrats feud.