Chicago Finance Committee approves $27M settlement for family of woman killed in crash involving CPD

The city of Chicago moved a step closer Friday to settling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit with a Chicago family who lost their ...

Editorial: How a $10 million judgment against the city of Chicago became a $27 million settlement proposal

In the annals of bizarre legal outcomes, the case scheduled to come before the Chicago City Council’s Finance Committee on ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago finance committee approves alternate budget proposal without mayor's controversial head tax

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago City Council committee approved an alternative budget plan brought by a group of alderpersons on Tuesday. A group of alderpersons presented the plan, which more than half of ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago budget discussions reach stalemate, raising possibility of 1st-ever city government shutdown

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago budget clock keeps ticking, but it appears the mayor and a group of 26 alders who have offered an alternative budget are no closer to a compromise than they were last week ...
Chicago Tribune

Editorial: The bond vigilantes are coming for the city of Chicago. Is the mayor paying heed?

With recent attention focused on the budget drama in Chicago, you’re forgiven if you missed what could end up being a yet-bigger story with perilous long-term consequences for this city. The city ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Debt owed to City Hall has risen $1 billion during Brandon Johnson's term, money his budget could use

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