Also, Durbin confronts Jeff Sessions on his failure to solve Chicago’s gun violence issues.
Tag: City budget
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Emanuel proposes ride-sharing fee increases, 911 phone tax increases in 2018 budget, and other Chicago news
Also, CTU president Karen Lewis is recovering from a stroke in the hospital.
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Joe Maddon compares MLB plate collision rule to overturned soda tax, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper will headline the Obama Foundation Summit closing concert.
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Report: Rahm’s 2017 budget for police misconduct lawsuits will end up costing taxpayers, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago’s election history proves that truth is stranger than fiction.
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In claiming a balanced budget, what is Rahm smoking?
The mayor’s recent claims on taxes and marijuana just don’t add up.
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The people sound off on Mayor Emanuel’s budget—but he’s not listening
The City Council’s progressive caucus holds a budget hearing, because someone has to.
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If facts are taken into account, Rahm’s budget claims don’t all add up
Fact-checking Mayor Emanuel’s budget speech
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City job policies are helping create two different and unequal Chicagos
A new report finds that thousands of jobs have disappeared from black and Latino areas as the city subsidizes the exodus.
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Mayor Emanuel’s digital billboard deal: a roadside distraction?
Mayor Emanuel’s digital billboard deal: a roadside distraction?
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Why your alderman (and mine) always votes yes on the Chicago city budget
Analysis of the latest rubber-stamp budget vote by the Chicago City Council
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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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Next city property to go private: garbage sorting facilities?
Daley administration officials are getting ready to lease out more taxpayer-owned assets: the city’s three garbage sorting centers.
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Fact-Checking Mayor Daley’s Budget Address
On October 21 Mayor Daley proposed a $6.1 billion city budget for 2010 that he said would be balanced without raising taxes or cutting core services. But not all of his claims passed the sniff test.
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TIFs: The budget surplus that dares not speak its acronym
This weekend Dan Mihalopoulos wrote a long political analysis of a Tribune poll that found Mayor Daley’s approval ratings at an all-time low of 35%. It’s a very good piece, and worth reading, save for this (emphasis mine): “The bad economy has left Daley unable to fulfill his 2007 promise of generous wage increases to […]
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I do not think that word means what you think it means
If you’ve ever wondered why Ben Joravsky feels the need to constantly explain what a TIF is, here’s why: “If the [Olympic] village is built in a tax increment financing district, the extra property tax revenue generated by the new development would pay for public improvements in the area for a set period of time.” […]