By Fran Spielman, includes “Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday blamed rising coronavirus case levels in Chicago and two rounds of looting for a dramatic increase in the city’s budget shortfall — to a combined $2 billion for this year and next. …  Without replacement revenue from Washington, Msall said it is nearly impossible to imagine ‘how the city would close such an enormous deficit without significant layoffs and possibly the elimination of entire programs.’ …”