Lightfoot Talks About Her $16.7 Billion Budget Proposal
Clip: 9/20/2021 | 13m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
The mayor on Monday touted nearly $2 billion in new spending. She joins in discussion.
The mayor on Monday touted nearly $2 billion in new spending on everything from affordable housing to cash assistance for struggling families to the arts. But can these new programs be sustained amid perennially rising pension and debt obligations? Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot joins us to talk about her $16.7 billion budget proposal.
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Lightfoot Talks About Her $16.7 Billion Budget Proposal
Clip: 9/20/2021 | 13m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
The mayor on Monday touted nearly $2 billion in new spending on everything from affordable housing to cash assistance for struggling families to the arts. But can these new programs be sustained amid perennially rising pension and debt obligations? Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot joins us to talk about her $16.7 billion budget proposal.
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Clip: 9/20/2021 | 10m 38s | Four Chicago alderpeople weigh in on Mayor Lightfoot’s $16.7 billion budget proposal. (10m 38s)
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