The Daily Line’s Chicago team covered the city and county’s budgets from introduction through hearings to today’s final vote. Here’s the archive of our 2018 coverage.
Chicago Budget
- City Council Advances Mayor’s 2018 Budget, Critics Call it Business As Usual
- Burke, Clerk Pass Blame Over Sole Aldermanic Budget Amendments Left Off the Agenda; Cop Academy Zoning Change Passed Without Comment
- Chicago City Council Preview: Defer And Publish Date
- CTA Benefits from $16 Million “Blank Check” From Increased Uber Surcharge, Aldermen Claim
- Committee Votes On Mayor’s 2018 Budget Begin Today
- Full City Council Meets Today For Official Budget Introduction
- Aldermen Praise Water Commissioner for Strides in Changing Culture at Department Cited for Racism, Sexism
- Chicago Police Department Budget Includes Ballooning Technology, Equipment Spends
- New COPA Administrator Challenged Over New Agency’s Funding Levels
- Reifman Answers Rounds of Pointed Policy Questions, And Some Personnel Issues
- License Appeal Commissioner Details Plans To Expedite Hearing Process
- Chicago Health Department Still Struggles to Find Psychiatrists, Details New, Staggering Numbers on City’s Opioid Crisis
- Evans Addresses Aviation Security Replacement Rumors, Tells Aldermen Her Bonus Isn’t Their Business
- Chicago Budget Hearings Day 6: 2FM Details Relocation Plans, CPD Upgrades
- Less Than Half of Planned Streets Resurfaced for 2017, And Other Highlights From Friday’s Budget Hearings
- Police Radio Upgrade 5 Years Out, Budget Items From The Week
- Building Department to Add Weekend, Night Shifts for Inspectors
- CPD Psych Exam, Low Minority Hiring Rates Still An Issue, Aldermen Tell HR Commissioner
- Alderman to IG on City’s Gun Violence Problem: ‘Welcome To My World’
- City Clerk Faces Heated Questions About Muni ID
- Treasurer Summers Raises Doubts On Mayor’s Long Term Debt Strategy
- Board of Elections Apologizes for Security Breach, Keeps Contractor
- Burke Puts Lightfoot in the Middle of IG, CPD Op-Ed Conflict at Police Board Hearing
- City Council’s First Day of Budget Hearings Sets Relaxed Tone
- Emanuel Introduces $10B City Budget, Heavy On Police Spending
- Morning Briefing: Data and Oversight Dumps Ahead of Budget Wrangling
- Modest Increase in Uber, Lyft Surcharge Planned for Mayor Emanuel’s 2018 Budget
- Emanuel Administration: Commuter Flat Tax Could Net $170 Million
- City Budget Briefings Reveal Tax Plans And Budget Gap Expectations
- Another Kick the Can Budget for Chicago?
Cook County Budget
- Chief Judge Threatens Suit as Cook County Board Unanimously Passes ‘Heartbreaking’ Budget: 321 Layoffs, 1017 Positions Eliminated
- Morning Briefing: Budget Vote Day, Stroger Back In, Chuy Backs Fritz for Assessor
- County Budget Falling Into Place Before Tuesday Vote
- Preckwinkle’s Budget Fix Spares State’s Attorney, Public Defender, Hits Chief Judge, Sheriff
- Weedy, Contentious CCHHS Budget Hearing Lasts All Day, Does Not Yield Significant Cuts
- Morning Briefing: More County Cuts, Marijuana Legalization on the Ballot
- Morning Briefing: Board of Review, Sheriff Fall Short on Budget
- Commissioners Disagree Over Oak Forest Future; President’s Office Offers $20 Million Option to Fill Budget Gap
- County Elected Officials Face Second Due Date for 10% Cuts; At Least Two Commissioners Optimistic
- County Hearings Focuses on Union Contracts, Opioid Crisis, Hacking Threats
- Downtown Public Hearing Draws Hospital, Union Advocates Decrying Cuts; Civic Fed, BGA Release Analyses
- OIIG Patrick Blanchard Willing to Expand Scope in Consolidation Efforts
- Recorder of Deeds Anticipates Smooth Transition to Clerk, End of Shakman Oversight Next Year
- Treasurer Maria Pappas Offers 123 Page Budget Presentation, Says County Employees Getting a ‘Pretty Good Deal’
- Berrios Didn’t Make his Full Cut; No Timeline on Independent Tax System Review
- Chief Judge Timothy Evans Floats Court Branch Closures, 20 Furlough Days for Staff
- ‘There’s No Fluff’: Board of Review Proposes No Cuts
- Board Secretary Concerned for Staff Security; Board Worried About Lobbyists Wandering Halls
- Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown Quizzed on Top Level Staff, Including Harassment, Discrimination Investigators
- Public Defender Amy Campanelli Threatens Injunction on ‘Skeletal’ Funding, Tobolski Floats Hospital Reduction
- Morning Briefing: County Budget Hearing Preview, Pension Board Elections
- State’s Attorney Backs HR Consolidation, Court Closure, Second Look at Misdemeanors
- Sheriff Defends Headcount, Backs Court Closures, Spars with Forest Preserve Over Police Department Takeover
- Cook Budget Hearings: Sheriff, State’s Attorney, Election Officials to Outline Impacts of Budget Cuts
- No Budget Bravo: Commissioners Begin Heavy Budget Lift as Admin Keeps Hands Off
- Which Departments Are Playing Ball on Budget Cuts?
- Cook County Budget Preview Day One: The Hunt for Cuts Begins
- Morning Briefing: County Seeks $200 Million, OBO
- Cook County Board Cements Beverage Tax Repeal, Signals Upcoming Conflicts Over Budget
- Cook County Board Preview: Final Beverage Tax Repeal Vote, New CFO, DHSEM Director
- County Finance Committee Votes to Repeal Beverage Tax 15-1; Heavy Budget Lift Begins ASAP
- Beverage Tax Repeal Deal to Face Vote Tuesday
- Beverage Tax First of Many To Be Proposed
- Preckwinkle’s Proposed $5.36B County Budget Depends on Beverage Tax With Uncertain Fate
- Preckwinkle Set to Unveil Budget Today