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The Latest Breaking News from Lori Lightfoot

City Council approves Lightfoot’s budget, a general election voting guide and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council approves Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion budget by 32-18 vote

The vote was closer than many expected and tighter than last year’s 35-15 cakewalk, which included a $76.5 million increase in the city’s property tax levy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Build the memorial to victims of Burge-era police torture

Cities and nations around the world have installed monuments that acknowledge horrific abuses of the past and call on newer generations to stand up against them in the future. It’s time for Chicago to get this done.

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Aria crown: Chicago has a karaoke champion

In the first citywide singing contest, Chicago Sings Karaoke, Jason E. Jackson beat out 540 others to take the top prize of $5,000. Mayor Lori Lightfoot belts out ‘Dancing in the Street.’

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS faces $600M financial cliff as costs shift to schools with no long-term funding plan in place

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has moved millions in pensions and other costs to CPS before it becomes independent, run by an elected board. Those new payments and longstanding financial challenges could lead to dire choices once federal pandemic relief runs out.

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Lightfoot’s 2023 budget is her last chance to fulfill campaign promises

The few campaign promises the mayor has kept — like passing civilian oversight of the police or removing the carveouts from the city’s sanctuary ordinance — happened only after significant pressure from grassroots activists and community organizations.

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Picture Chicago: 13 must-see photos from the last week in news

Chicagoans enjoy the spooky season, step up to support the rights of the homeless and more in our best photos of the last week.

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Two Chicago cops face dismissal for allegedly lying about 2010 fatal shooting

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said the officers repeatedly lied about the shooting of 25-year-old William Hope Jr., whose family was awarded $4.6 million in a lawsuit filed against the city.

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Four days before budget vote, Lightfoot goes on offensive against balking City Council members

“People of good will need to stand up and say to these aldermen, ‘You can’t play it both ways. You can’t say I’m pro-law enforcement. I’m pro-public safety’ and not support the budget and the revenues,” the mayor said.

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Anti-Pritzker PAC tries to suppress the Black vote in Chicago, Biden plans visit to Illinois and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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After West Side mass shooting, leaders offer hope, call for more funding to combat violence: ‘We are not destroyed’

U.S Rep. Danny Davis called for “a massive infusion of cash money, resources to really reconstitute urban communities on the West Side of Chicago” and across the country — “the same kind of money” being sent to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia.

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Lightfoot makes environmental concession, but critics still not satisfied

The mayor is proposing to beef up the Office of Climate and Environmental Equity — from six employees to 10 — and take it out of the mayor’s office, placing it under a director who would be confirmed by the City Council.

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Streeterville group opposes regular closing of Clark Street for outdoor dining in River North

In a letter to the mayor, Streeterville Organization of Active Residents President Deborah Gershbein declared her group “strongly opposed” to closing Clark Street between Grand and Kinzie, in part because of its proximity to the proposed interim casino at Medinah Temple.

Chicago Sun-Times

After West Side mass shooting, Lightfoot calls for statewide ban on assault weapons and ‘switches’ that turn handguns into machine guns

“Last night’s shooting reminds us that there are too many weapons of war available to criminals,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday.

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Officers from Mayor Lightfoot’s security detail intervene during robbery Tuesday, exchange gunfire with suspects

CHICAGO — Officers from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s security detail intervened during a robbery Tuesday morning and exchanged gunfire with the suspects, according to Chicago police. No one was struck by gunfire, but an officer suffered minor injuries.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot’s $16.4B budget clears one hurdle, but hits snag over reduced fines

The Finance Committee approved the property tax levy, but must reconvene Wednesday to reconsider the revenue ordinance. As proposed, it would cut some vehicular fines in half to comply with a court decision, but if Ald. Brendan Reilly has his way, those fines will remain at $500.

Chicago Tribune

US Rep. ‘Chuy’ Garcia takes steps toward run for Chicago mayor

CHICAGO — U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia took two key steps toward announcing a campaign for Chicago mayor this week, amending his campaign committee to support a City Hall run and filing an economic disclosure statement as he continues weighing a challenge to Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

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Garcia likely to run for mayor after his poll shows him beating Lightfoot in two-way race

The poll of 616 likely Chicago voters was conducted last week by Public Policy Polling, a Raleigh, N.C. firm that works only for Democrats. Half were contacted on landlines, the rest on cell phones via text message.

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INVEST South/West has given a boost to Austin, Auburn-Gresham

Three years in, INVEST South/West has secured significant investment commitments, but many people are still asking if the program has had an impact. We can vociferously say it has.

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For Chicago schools parking deal, Board of Ed turned to Lori Lightfoot fundraiser

Carmen A. Rossi’s Chicago Parking Solutions got a two-year contract to park cars at more than a dozen schools even though the school system said another company put in a better bid.

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Brandon Johnson, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s newest progressive challenger, contends she’s ‘disconnected ... with working people’

CHICAGO — Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson will run for Chicago mayor, adding another progressive challenger to the field of 2023 candidates and raising the prospect of a rematch between the Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Chicago Sun-Times

AFSCME pickets turn up the heat on Lightfoot to deliver new contract

In the last 20 months, the union’s 3,000 city employees have received a 2% pay raise as inflation has spiked. For starters, the union says it wants a “fair” wage.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brandon Johnson joining crowded race for mayor

The Cook County commissioner said he is running because incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot has failed progressives. “The hopes and desires of working families have been ignored,” Johnson told the Sun-Times.

Chicago Sun-Times

Civic Federation demands more transparency in Chicago Police Department spending

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says there’s no lack of transparency in her budget, and police spending isn’t the only measure of public safety.

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The truth about the SAFE-T Act, Lightfoot asks for raise and more in your Chicago news roundup

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