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The City Council at a special meeting on Monday voted overwhelmingly to allocate a multimillion-dollar sum received under the deal transferring the rights to the city’s parking meters toward the city’s pension obligations above and beyond what’s already been paid this year.
The move now creates a new budget gap that Mayor Brandon Johnson and the council must work to address.
Matt Brewer, one of the dozen-plus candidates running to unseat Mayor Brandon Johnson, thinks Chicago must grow its way out of its budget woes rather than rely on tax hikes to fuel spending.
“We can't get there without growth,” Brewer said in an interview with The Daily Line a little over a week after filing signatures to get on the mayoral ballot. “Right now, we have recurring expenses, and we don't have enough recurring revenue to match our recurring expenses.”
The City Council on Monday could approve an ordinance that would require the $75 million payment agreed to under the deal that transferred the rights to the city’s parking meters to a new lessee to be put into the city pension system separately from any other statutory or supplementary payments.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Thursday the county may need to consider new revenue in fiscal year 2028 after balancing next year’s budget without tax increases largely through one-time measures.
Preckwinkle spoke at a City Club of Chicago luncheon alongside Cook County Health CEO Dr. Erik Mikaitis, where the two discussed the county’s budget and the impact of federal Medicaid cuts.
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza pitched herself to Chicago business leaders Wednesday as the mayoral candidate who would grow the city’s economy instead of raising taxes, taking aim at Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 2027 budget.
Mendoza laid out her plan at a City Club of Chicago luncheon and answered questions on transit safety, the Archer Avenue traffic project and taxes on high earners.
For the second year in a row, the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) faced the ire of alderpeople representing downtown and Near North and Near West sides for ongoing bridge projects that have caused traffic problems.
The Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) headcount is poised to increase in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2027 budget proposal despite plans to civilianize scores of positions and eliminate more than 130 vacant sworn officer roles.
CPD leadership answered questions from the Committee on Budget and Government Operations at its annual budget hearing Wednesday on its workforce plans and a new set of pilot programs for gun violence detection and response technology
The City Council budget committee on Tuesday heard about how the Department of Environment (DOE) is handling the full return of its regulatory and enforcement powers just months after a multi-year transition was completed.
The Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) on Monday released its 2027 budget proposal, detailing a more than $5 billion operating budget in the first finanicial plan put forth by the agency since it began operations on Sept. 1.
The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) and Gov. JB Pritzker last week announced $156 million in funding to support initiatives of the governor’s plan to address the state’s housing crisis.
With 10,000 petitions in hand, half a dozen consumer groups marched on the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) in Chicago on Thursday in a protest challenging a proposed $144 million Peoples Gas rate increase that is before the commission.
An Illinois lawmaker and economic development leaders on Wednesday introduced tax credit legislation intended to stimulate investment in independent grocery stores and pharmacies.
The Illinois Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG) made headlines on Monday when the Chicago Tribune reported on its investigation that determined the top human resources official at a state agency had improperly approved $1.4 million in extra pay for employees, including almost $52,000 for herself.
It’s an eye-watering sum and the most significant example of misconduct in a slate of reports made public last week by the OEIG, which investigates fraud, waste and abuses in state government.
But the bulk of the newly released investigations pertain to state employees who the office says fraudulently obtained federal loans designed to keep small businesses afloat during the pandemic. More than five years after the loan program stopped accepting applications, the OEIG is still closing out fraud cases, showcasing how extensive abuses of the program were.
With barely a week to go before the election, Gov. JB Pritzker rallied with the United Auto Workers on the South Side of Chicago on Sunday, where he re-upped a major union endorsement and hinted at the closing message of his campaign.
Full-time fall enrollment at Illinois’ public universities has hit its highest level in more than a decade, according to a preliminary report released Friday by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
The report shows that 190,114 students were enrolled in one of the state’s 12 public universities as of the 10th day of the fall semester, a 287-student increase from last year. That total is headcount enrollment, meaning it accounts for both full-time and part-time students.
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