Lightfoot Proposes Election Year Budget with No New Taxes
Clip: 10/3/2022 | 4m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled her budget plan, which avoid new taxes and fees.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to close a projected $170.6 million budget gap in 2023 relies on booming tax revenues that the mayor said proves Chicago’s budget has fully recovered from the economic catastrophe caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lightfoot Proposes Election Year Budget with No New Taxes
Clip: 10/3/2022 | 4m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to close a projected $170.6 million budget gap in 2023 relies on booming tax revenues that the mayor said proves Chicago’s budget has fully recovered from the economic catastrophe caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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