An Alternative Budget Plan From Chicago Alders

08/12/2025 25 min
An Alternative Budget Plan From Chicago Alders

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Episode Synopsis

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has rejected an alternative budget proposal from a slim majority of alderpersons, calling it “an incomplete assignment.” In the Loop learns more about what those councilmembers are proposing from Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th Ward, and Ald. Timmy Knudsen, 43rd Ward, and why they won’t get behind Johnson’s $21 per employee corporate head tax.

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