Daley 2009 Budget

How The New Budget Hits Drivers

Red Eye | Leonor Vivanco | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago


Higher taxes Parking costs have risen nationwide for the fifth year in a row--2.8 percent for monthly rates and 4.3 percent for daily rates--according...

Budget Cuts Hurt Police Department

Chicago Public Radio | Rob Wildeboer | Posted 11.19.2008 | Chicago


The Chicago City Council is scheduled to vote on the 2009 budget later today. The proposal cuts seventeen million dollars from the police department's...

City Council Voting On Daley's Budget

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.19.2008 | Chicago


The Chicago City Council is scheduled to vote today on Mayor Richard Daley's 2009 budget proposal, which is designed to address what he called the wo...

CEOs Warn Of Huge Layoffs: Daley

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.12.2008 | Chicago


Mayor Daley said Wednesday he's been warned by a parade of corporate CEOs that a blizzard of job cuts are about to bury the souring Chicago economy. ...

Daley's Budget Approved After Council Rebellion Quelled

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.10.2008 | Chicago


Mayor Daley's tough times 2009 budget -- precariously balanced with 929 layoffs, slow police hiring and $52.5 million worth of taxes, fines and fees -...

Blues And Jazz Fests Losing A Day

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 10.27.2008 | Chicago


Blues Fest and Jazz Fest, two of the city's most popular outdoor music festivals, will be reduced from four days to three and feature fewer stages bec...