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What (Other) People Are Saying About Lightfoot’s 2021 Budget

by Jade-Ruyu Yan December 18, 2020July 6, 2021

n November 24, the City Council passed the 2021 budget by a vote of 29-21, a close victory for Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The budget includes a harsher speed limit penalty, a property tax increase, and reduction of the CPD budget by about three percent. The mayor’s office celebrated the occasion with a press release titled […]

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