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City Council passes mayor’s 2022 budget in record time

OCTOBER 28, 2021 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Lightfoot unveils 2022 budget proposal; goal is a ‘safer, strong and more prosperous city’

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Lightfoot plans to increase Chicago’s property tax levy by $76.5 million in 2022, aldermen told

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Lightfoot’s $12.8 billion budget sails through committee

NOVEMBER 20, 2020 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Lightfoot delays budget address until October 21, giving Congress more time to help

OCTOBER 6, 2020 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Estimated city shortfall hits combined $2 billion for this year and next

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Chicago cops are retiring at ‘unheard of’ twice the usual rate

AUGUST 19, 2020 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Police and fire overtime continue to surge in Chicago

JANUARY 21, 2020 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

City’s gold mine of uncashed checks

AUGUST 22, 2019 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Lightfoot to ask legislature for power to tax high-end professional services and big-ticket home sales

AUGUST 20, 2019 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Lightfoot outlines plan to ease punitive ticketing, towing and booting policy

JULY 24, 2019 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Former mayor Rahm Emanuel spent $600K on send-offs for himself

JULY 17, 2019 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Waguespack says he is one vote short of claiming Finance Committee chair

MAY 8, 2019 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Burke says he’s done 'nothing wrong' and no Solis recording can change that

JANUARY 25, 2019 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Rahm’s pill for pension headache could prove tough to swallow

DECEMBER 13, 2018 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Ameya Pawar proposes mundane city treasurer’s office fight income inequality

DECEMBER 7, 2018 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Lightfoot demands that Burke step down as finance committee chairman

DECEMBER 5, 2018 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Standard & Poor’s raises warning flags about budget and $10 billion pension borrowing

OCTOBER 19, 2018 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Amid skepticism, aldermen to be briefed on $10 billion pension borrowing plan

AUGUST 23, 2018 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

City audit shows improving financial picture, declining pension obligation

JULY 12, 2018 | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

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