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City of Chicago Transit Authority Finance Audit & Budget Committee will meet October 10
City of Chicago Transit Authority Finance Audit & Budget Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday, October 10.
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City of Chicago Finance Audit and Budget Committee met August 14
City of Chicago Finance Audit and Budget Committee met 9 a.m. Wednesday, August 14.
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City of Chicago Transit Board met August 14
City of Chicago Transit Board met 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 14.
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Political strategist sees flaws in Chicago mayor's plan for set-aside contracts
Republican political strategist Chris Robling points to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan of creating 'set-asides' for city contractors who identify as gay as an example of good intentions gone awry.
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Bankruptcy a likely outcome for Chicago, says journalist close to the Detroit case
USA Today business reporter Nathan Bomey is as confident about predicting the City of Chicago's future as he is concerned about what he sees in it.
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Former political reporter Thomas finds Lightfoot's approach to Chicago's fiscal crisis 'disingenuous'
There is no doubt that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing difficult challenges when it comes to the $800 million budget deficit the city is facing, but one longtime observer of city politics said that is just part of the job she was elected to do when she took office five months ago.
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Raising property taxes not the answer for Chicago's debt, former aldermanic candidate says
When he ran for Chicago alderman in the last election, David Krupa said he wanted to make sure the city council was more than just a rubber stamp for the mayor.
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Alderman Lopez: Minimum wage should be tied to consumer price index, not 'whims of politicians'
CHICAGO – Last month, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) proposed a $18 to $20 an hour minimum wage increase instead of $15 per hour. The Congressional Budget Office warns that a $15 increase alone could put nearly 1.3 million jobs at risk.
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Former candidate Wilson to announce endorsement for mayor in runoff election
Willie Wilson, a self-made millionaire businessman who garnered nearly 11 percent of the vote in his run for Chicago mayor that ended last month, is set to announce his endorsement between remaining candidates Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot during an afternoon press conference on Friday.
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15th Ward Alderman race set for runoff
The battle for the 15th Ward aldermanic seat is set for a runoff between two Democrats, incumbent Raymond Lopez and challenger Rafael Yañez, according to BlockClubChicago.com.
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Chicago mayor face-off: Lightfoot or Preckwinkle
Chicago will have its first African-American female mayor after Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle secured the top spots in Tuesday's primary election, but both candidates have had issues in the past.
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Moreno loses 1st Ward Chicago Alderman seat in upset to La Spata
In one of the upsets in Tuesday's city-wide elections in Chicago, 1st Ward Alderman Proco Joe Moreno, whose private life raised questions in the run-up to voting day, lost his seat of about eight years to challenger Daniel La Spata.
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How Chicago lost its middle class
According to a WBEZ article, the middle class in Chicago has been steadily shrinking since the 1970s and today is nearly nonexistent, an unsettling trend predicted by many.
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Local investor thinks new taxes would hurt Chicago
Jeffrey Carter thinks the damage done to Chicago by the tax increase now being proposed would be as immediate as it would be lasting.
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Robling: New taxes could break Chicago
Chris Robling fears the latest tax increases being proposed for Chicago could be the added burden that breaks the entire system.
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Krupa not afraid to take on Quinn and Madigan
David Krupa says he won't be surprised if his brewing dispute with powerful House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) and 13th Ward Chicago Ald. Marty Quinn winds up in the federal court system.
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FBI raids Burke's City Hall office—again
On the evening of Dec. 13, FBI agents raided the City Hall offices of longtime Alderman Ed Burke—the second such raid in less than a month.
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Burke denies wrongdoing, will cooperate with authorities
Longtime Chicago alderman Ed Burke is standing firm in his position after his City Council and ward offices were recently raided by federal authorities.
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New Chicago ordinance cracks down on home-sharing
Some Chicago residents could face pre-revolutionary British-styled tactics of high fines, taxation and unreasonable home searches by the government thanks to a new city ordinance signed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel earlier this month.