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Home » budget

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Posted inNews & Politics

Breaking the cycle

by F. Amanda Tugade May 12, 2021August 18, 2021

For three decades, the city has failed to cope with the loss of mental health clinics. The pandemic revealed the wounds of this disinvestment.

Posted inNews & Politics

Here’s what you need to know about participatory budgeting

by Grace Del Vecchio April 30, 2021August 18, 2021

“It sounded like the way I thought democracy was supposed to work.”

Posted inNews & Politics

‘What difference would that make?’

by Kiran Misra April 30, 2021August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inNews & Politics

Four actual proposals for cutting Chicago’s police budget right now

by Grace Del Vecchio and City Bureau November 25, 2020October 17, 2022

We likely won’t see the 75 percent cut that organizers have asked for, but there are some proposals on the table.

Posted inNews & Politics

How do you give Chicagoans a say in the city’s budget?

by Grace Del Vecchio and City Bureau November 13, 2020August 18, 2021

A Q&A with the designer of the People’s Budget bus tour

Posted inNews & Politics

How does the city budget work?

by Grace Del Vecchio, Kelly Garcia, Corli Jay, F. Amanda Tugade and City Bureau October 20, 2020August 18, 2021

A guide to who holds the power and purse strings when it comes to Chicago’s money

Posted inNews & Politics

Chicago’s budget crisis, explained

by Grace Del Vecchio, Kelly Garcia, Corli Jay, F. Amanda Tugade and City Bureau October 20, 2020August 18, 2021

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

by Ben Joravsky January 21, 2019August 18, 2021

The Joint Review Board creates the illusion of oversight.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Lincoln Yards TIF will benefit development firm Sterling Bay—but cost Chicagoans

by Ben Joravsky November 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Rahm’s pet development project will mean higher property taxes and less money for schools.

Posted inBlogs

Trump’s proposed budget cuts would eviscerate aid to Chicago’s domestic violence victims, homeless services, lead poisoning screenings, and more

by Maya Dukmasova March 21, 2017August 18, 2021

Defunding Meals on Wheels is just the tip of the iceberg.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Emanuel lobbied feds to approve airline merger, pocketed $53,000 campaign contribution

by Ben Joravsky October 19, 2016August 18, 2021

ProPublica reminds us what the ‘old’ Rahm was like.

Posted inBlogs

Budget stalemate wreaked havoc on Illinois’s behavioral health-care infrastructure

by Lee V. Gaines July 15, 2016August 18, 2021

Patients now face months-long waits for treatment as health-care workers struggle to do their jobs.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

All aboard! Claypool transfers CTA pals to CPS

by Ben Joravsky September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Rahm’s schools CEO is putting a new spin on an old Chicago budget trick.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm keeps us waiting for an overdue TIF report

by Ben Joravsky July 30, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

State budget showdown puts criminal justice reforms on hold

by Mick Dumke July 16, 2015August 18, 2021

Bills to decriminalize pot and shrink the prison population are in purgatory while the governor and Democrats feud.

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