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“This Budget Is A Disaster” -- The Committee That Told The Mayor 'No'
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17 minutes 26 seconds
1 week ago
“This Budget Is A Disaster” -- The Committee That Told The Mayor 'No'
The City Council’s finance committee on Monday voted against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s latest 2026 budget proposal, throwing what some alderpeople have characterized as an already-strained negotiations process into further uncertainty.
After a few hours of debate over a proposed corporate head tax as well as borrowing plans and other issues, the finance committee voted decisively against the budget’s revenue ordinance.
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