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City council hearings on Brandon Johnson's $17.3B budget begin Wednesday
Wednesday marks the beginning of Chicago City Council’s budget hearings, with alderpersons and their residents upset with ...
Loop tax assessments up for most, drop for a few office landlords
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi argued that many office buildings in Chicago’s Loop are worth more now than before the ...
Shoplifting, Mass Transit, Flag Design, a Dying Mall: What Else We’re Voting On Today
In the nation’s biggest cities, meanwhile, voters will determine the fate of mayors, sheriffs, criminal justice reform, ...
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Kaegi sizes up the Loop, completing city reassessment
In the final phase of his reassessment of all city property, the Cook County Assessor contends remote work and elevated interest rates have weakened some, but not all, of the vacancy-plagued downtown ...
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As Election Day arrives, here's what is at stake in Illinois
A closely-watched congressional race in Western Illinois could tilt the balance of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Chicagoans will vote for an elected school board for the first time.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson weighs in on presidential election, CPS Board fallout
Mayor Brandon Johnson, who campaigned for Kamala Harris this past weekend in North Carolina, is reflecting on the election, ...