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Podcast: City Cast Chicago
Episode: What’s Next for the City Budget? Plus, Chicago Theaters Hush on DEI
Description: Earlier this week, the City Council Finance Committee voted 25-10 to reject the mayor’s budget proposal. Alders pushed back on a corporate head tax and borrowing for police settlements. The mayor said he would veto increases to garbage fees and grocery or property taxes. So what's next as the deadline to pass a budget draws closer? We ask The Tribune’s Jake Sheridan and WBEZ’s Mike Davis. Plus, five years after nationwide calls to further diversify theaters, has anything changed?Â
Good news: "Mika Scrooge" at ETA Theatre, "Sister Act" at Drury Lane, and Craig Dellimore and Ray...