Civic Federation accuses Mayor Johnson of using ‘bad practices of the past’ to avoid tough budget choices

Mayor Brandon Johnson is returning to the “disreputable bad practices of the past” with a $16.6 billion proposed budget balanced with “unsustainable, short-term fixes” and nearly $600 million in tax increases that “send the wrong message to the business community” …

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House Democrats highlight impact of Trump’s Chicago deportations during emotional ‘shadow hearing’

A “shadow” congressional hearing Friday about the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago included tearful testimony from a 19-year-old woman left to take care of her special needs sister after her mother was detained. The woman, one of six …

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