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Johnson’s first budget leans on one-time revenue, hopes for federal, state help to avoid tough choices down the road

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first budget is expected to sail through the Chicago City Council on Wednesday. It’s balanced in part with $786.5 million in one-time revenues. The search for new revenue sources has been punted to a Council subcommittee.

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Decorum call: City Council moves to rein in unruly crowds, threatening behavior at its meetings

New rules ban profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive or disruptive language at Chicago City Council meetings. Also out: banners, signs, large bags and sharp objects.

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Mayor Johnson’s next floor leader has to get along with colleagues — and let democracy work

With Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa departing as zoning chairman and floor leader, Mayor Brandon Johnson has to select a replacement who can help the City Council function effectively and solve the city’s many challenges.

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City Council members unleash barrage of complaints about dogs on the loose

Ald. Scott Waguespack said he has the scars to prove a surge in off-leash dogs is sparking fights and worse.

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Crowds flock to South Chicago Mexican Independence Day Parade: ‘This is a day we get to celebrate our culture’

Although overshadowed by the popular Little Village Mexican Independence Day Parade, held two weeks ago, the one in South Chicago claims to be Chicago’s oldest. The parade dates back to the late 1930s in one of the city’s first Mexican immigrant communities, which settled on the Southeast Side.

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A cap on City Council pay hikes is on the money

Not all of Ald. Ray Lopez’s ordinance is practical. But putting a cap on future pay raises will save taxpayers from an unnecessary burden.

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Lightfoot uses disputed parliamentary maneuver to stave off speed camera defeat

Lacking the votes to prevent the City Council from raising the miles-per-hour threshold for speed camera tickets, mayoral allies delayed the vote for one meeting over strenuous objections from Ald. Anthony Beale (9th).

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Park District’s delay in opening public pools deprives Chicagoans of summer fun

Not everyone lives by a beach, so the delay means one fewer summer activity for residents, especially teenagers, who were cooped up inside the last two summers due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Chicago police identify man suspected of shooting and seriously wounding an officer in Englewood

The 28-year-old man, who remains at large, is named in a police alert as the gunman who opened fire on a marked Chicago police car around 5:45 p.m. in the 6100 block of South Paulina Street.

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Stricter curfew approved by divided City Council

Mayoral allies and critics alike again condemned the crackdown as a desperate response that will have no impact on an outbreak of youth violence downtown — but signed off on it anyway.

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Lightfoot’s curfew rollback clears committee amid opposition from all sides

The Committee on Public Safety approved the mayor’s ordinance by a comfortable vote of 14 to 3 that did not reflect the barrage of concerns raised about a crackdown roundly condemned as a toothless and desperate headline-grabber that will have no impact on youth violence.

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