• Erin Hegarty
    OCT 22, 2020
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    Lightfoot proposes $12.8 billion budget with increases in property and gas taxes as of city layoffs loom

    Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday outlined her second city budget, a spending plan that relies in part on hikes in property and gas taxes, potential layoffs and furloughs for city employees and the refinancing of city debt.

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