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Podcast: City Cast Chicago
Episode: What’s in the City Budget? Plus, Meet a Photogenic River Otter
Description: After months of contentious council meetings, new tax proposals, and a few delayed votes, alders voted 27-23 to approve the mayor’s $17 billion budget for 2025. Given all of the combativeness and compromise, what did we actually end up with in our city budget? WTTW’s Heather Cherone and Chicago Reader’s Katie Prout are here to help us dive into the numbers. Plus, we discuss the head of DFSS resigning, CPD’s “unsatisfying” consent decree progress, and one particularly photogenic river otter.Good News: Garfield Park Plant Sale & Planks and PistilsWant so...