In the absence of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s own plan for how she wants to spend nearly $2 billion in federal COVID relief money, progressive members of the Chicago City Council are pitching their own.
A coalition of 12 progressives has introduced a so-called Chicago Rescue Plan that equates to about $1.8 billion in spending, but still lacks details about how the various programs would be implemented. The plan calls for $331 million for a massive child care expansion, more than $200 million to provide water debt relief and to restore water service, $50 million to replace lead service lines and […]
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