Mayor Brandon Johnson said city and state finances are at a "point of no return" and imposed hiring limits as his finance team considers a list of politically risky tax moves to plug a $1 billion budget gap. Crain’s politics reporter Justin Laurence discusses with host Amy Guth.

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