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A municipal finance expert says Mayor Brandon Johnson's plans for a citywide hiring freeze could go a long way towards closing an expected billion dollar budget shortfall, especially this year.

WATCH PARTIES held across Illinois were high energy, but it’s not clear whether any minds were changed.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four decades to restore most Americans’ purchasing power.

Why do gun violence and crime persist in our city? Because “we don’t know what we don’t know” about the real causes, writes an Austin resident who has worked for decades in human services, education and child welfare.

The study found that the reduction in insectivorous bats, vital for pest control, caused a 31% rise in pesticide use.