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The Daily Line's 2018 Chicago and Cook County Budget Coverage
The Daily Line's Chicago team covered the city and county's budgets from introduction through hearings to today's final vote. Here's the archive of our 2018 coverage.Chicago Budget
- City Council Advances Mayor’s 2018 Budget, Critics Call it Business As Usual
- Burke, Clerk Pass Blame Over Sole Aldermanic Budget Amendments Left Off the Agenda; Cop Academy Zoning Change Passed Without Comment
- Chicago City Council Preview: Defer And Publish Date
- CTA Benefits from $16 Million “Blank Check” From Increased Uber Surcharge, Aldermen Claim
- Committee Votes On Mayor’s 2018 Budget Begin Today
- Full City Council Meets Today For Official Budget Introduction
- Aldermen Praise Water Commissioner for Strides in Changing Culture at Department Cited for Racism, Sexism
- Chicago Police Department Budget Includes Ballooning Technology, Equipment Spends
- New COPA Administrator Challenged Over New Agency’s Funding Levels
- Reifman Answers Rounds of Pointed Policy Questions, And Some Personnel Issues
- License Appeal Commissioner Details Plans To Expedite Hearing Process
- Chicago Health Department Still Struggles to Find Psychiatrists, Details New, Staggering Numbers on City’s Opioid Crisis
- Evans Addresses Aviation Security Replacement Rumors, Tells Aldermen Her Bonus Isn’t Their Business
- Chicago Budget Hearings Day 6: 2FM Details Relocation Plans, CPD Upgrades
- Less Than Half of Planned Streets Resurfaced for 2017, And Other Highlights From Friday’s Budget Hearings
- Police Radio Upgrade 5 Years Out, Budget Items From The Week
- Building Department to Add Weekend, Night Shifts for Inspectors
- CPD Psych Exam, Low Minority Hiring Rates Still An Issue, Aldermen Tell HR Commissioner
- Alderman to IG on City’s Gun Violence Problem: ‘Welcome To My World’
- City Clerk Faces Heated Questions About Muni ID
- Treasurer Summers Raises Doubts On Mayor’s Long Term Debt Strategy
- Board of Elections Apologizes for Security Breach, Keeps Contractor
- Burke Puts Lightfoot in the Middle of IG, CPD Op-Ed Conflict at Police Board Hearing
- City Council’s First Day of Budget Hearings Sets Relaxed Tone
- Emanuel Introduces $10B City Budget, Heavy On Police Spending
- Morning Briefing: Data and Oversight Dumps Ahead of Budget Wrangling
- Modest Increase in Uber, Lyft Surcharge Planned for Mayor Emanuel’s 2018 Budget
- Emanuel Administration: Commuter Flat Tax Could Net $170 Million
- City Budget Briefings Reveal Tax Plans And Budget Gap Expectations
- Another Kick the Can Budget for Chicago?
Cook County Budget
- Chief Judge Threatens Suit as Cook County Board Unanimously Passes ‘Heartbreaking’ Budget: 321 Layoffs, 1017 Positions Eliminated
- Morning Briefing: Budget Vote Day, Stroger Back In, Chuy Backs Fritz for Assessor
- County Budget Falling Into Place Before Tuesday Vote
- Preckwinkle’s Budget Fix Spares State’s Attorney, Public Defender, Hits Chief Judge, Sheriff
- Weedy, Contentious CCHHS Budget Hearing Lasts All Day, Does Not Yield Significant Cuts
- Morning Briefing: More County Cuts, Marijuana Legalization on the Ballot
- Morning Briefing: Board of Review, Sheriff Fall Short on Budget
- Commissioners Disagree Over Oak Forest Future; President’s Office Offers $20 Million Option to Fill Budget Gap
- County Elected Officials Face Second Due Date for 10% Cuts; At Least Two Commissioners Optimistic
- County Hearings Focuses on Union Contracts, Opioid Crisis, Hacking Threats
- Downtown Public Hearing Draws Hospital, Union Advocates Decrying Cuts; Civic Fed, BGA Release Analyses
- OIIG Patrick Blanchard Willing to Expand Scope in Consolidation Efforts
- Recorder of Deeds Anticipates Smooth Transition to Clerk, End of Shakman Oversight Next Year
- Treasurer Maria Pappas Offers 123 Page Budget Presentation, Says County Employees Getting a ‘Pretty Good Deal’
- Berrios Didn’t Make his Full Cut; No Timeline on Independent Tax System Review
- Chief Judge Timothy Evans Floats Court Branch Closures, 20 Furlough Days for Staff
- ‘There’s No Fluff’: Board of Review Proposes No Cuts
- Board Secretary Concerned for Staff Security; Board Worried About Lobbyists Wandering Halls
- Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown Quizzed on Top Level Staff, Including Harassment, Discrimination Investigators
- Public Defender Amy Campanelli Threatens Injunction on ‘Skeletal’ Funding, Tobolski Floats Hospital Reduction
- Morning Briefing: County Budget Hearing Preview, Pension Board Elections
- State’s Attorney Backs HR Consolidation, Court Closure, Second Look at Misdemeanors
- Sheriff Defends Headcount, Backs Court Closures, Spars with Forest Preserve Over Police Department Takeover
- Cook Budget Hearings: Sheriff, State’s Attorney, Election Officials to Outline Impacts of Budget Cuts
- No Budget Bravo: Commissioners Begin Heavy Budget Lift as Admin Keeps Hands Off
- Which Departments Are Playing Ball on Budget Cuts?
- Cook County Budget Preview Day One: The Hunt for Cuts Begins
- Morning Briefing: County Seeks $200 Million, OBO
- Cook County Board Cements Beverage Tax Repeal, Signals Upcoming Conflicts Over Budget
- Cook County Board Preview: Final Beverage Tax Repeal Vote, New CFO, DHSEM Director
- County Finance Committee Votes to Repeal Beverage Tax 15-1; Heavy Budget Lift Begins ASAP
- Beverage Tax Repeal Deal to Face Vote Tuesday
- Beverage Tax First of Many To Be Proposed
- Preckwinkle’s Proposed $5.36B County Budget Depends on Beverage Tax With Uncertain Fate
- Preckwinkle Set to Unveil Budget Today
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