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Monday, October 28, 2024

Aldermen expecting Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget plan to include property tax increase

Aldermen briefed on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plans are expecting the mayor to propose a 2025 property tax increase to help close Chicago’s yawning budget gap.

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What happens if Chicago can’t pass a budget?

As he crafts Chicago’s 2025 budget, Mayor Brandon Johnson has less and less time and not enough money.

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Ukrainian Americans anxious about presidential election, but many remain unsold on either candidate

With little more than a week to go in a tight presidential race, Ukrainian Americans are grappling with the uneasy prospect of a new commander-in-chief for their homeland’s strongest ally as the nearly 3-year-old war with Russia drags on.

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Flossmoor settles lawsuit with fired police Chief Jerel Jones, who alleged racial discrimination

Seven months after the dismissal of Jerel Jones as Flossmoor police chief, the village has settled his lawsuit alleging his firing was a form of racial discrimination.

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Republicans ask U.S. Supreme Court to block counting of some provisional ballots in Pennsylvania

Republicans on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order in Pennsylvania that could result in thousands of votes not being counted in this year’s election in the battleground state.

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Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington state and damage 3 in Oregon

Incendiary devices were set off Monday at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — destroying hundreds of ballots in what one official called a “direct attack on democracy” about a week before a heated Election Day.

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Report: Washington Post loses more than 200,000 subscriptions following non-endorsement

More than 200,000 people have canceled subscriptions to The Washington Post since the newspaper announced its decision last week not to endorse a candidate for president, a published report said Monday.

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