Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Delivers 2022 Budget Address

The mayor is proposing a $16.7 billion spending plan that includes no new major tax increases in 2022.

Lori Lightfoot
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pictured in 2019. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ
Lori Lightfoot
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pictured in 2019. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Delivers 2022 Budget Address

The mayor is proposing a $16.7 billion spending plan that includes no new major tax increases in 2022.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday laid out her plan for closing Chicago’s $733 million budget gap. Reset checks in with WBEZ’s government and politics desk for the details.

GUESTS: Mariah Woelfel, WBEZ city politics reporter

Claudia Morell, WBEZ metro reporter