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Chicago mayor’s ‘pandemic budget’ passes, but with the most opposition in 30 years

By Grace Del Vecchio (City Bureau), Kelly Garcia, Corli Jay (City Bureau) and F. Amanda Tugade (City Bureau) | December 2, 2020

After a historic budget season, 21 City Council members voted against the mayor’s proposed budget last week. City Bureau spoke with organizers and members of City Council about their plans moving forward.

Police and Prosecutors

4 actual proposals for cutting Chicago’s police budget right now

By Grace Del Vecchio (City Bureau) | November 23, 2020

We likely won’t see the 75% cut that organizers have asked for, but there are some proposals on the table.

News

Chicago mayor proposes $80M cut from police budget, but is that defunding the police?

By Carlos Ballesteros and Grace Del Vecchio (City Bureau) | October 26, 2020

As budget hearings begin, aldermen and advocates say the cuts are a drop in the bucket.

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