Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday a <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-projects-12-billion-budget-gap-next-year/839a0951-30d0-4bbd-a25b-18301ecc2b26" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">projected $1.2 billion budget gap for 2021</a>. This comes on top of an $800 million budget deficit for the rest of this year. Reset checks in with WBEZ’s Becky Vevea for the latest on the city’s budget forecast and with Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa for reaction from City Hall. Host: Justin KaufmannProducer: Stephanie Kim

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday a projected $1.2 billion budget gap for 2021. This comes on top of an $800 million budget deficit for the rest of this year. Reset checks in with WBEZ’s Becky Vevea for the latest on the city’s budget forecast and with Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa for reaction from City Hall. Host: Justin Kaufmann Producer: Stephanie Kim

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday a <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-projects-12-billion-budget-gap-next-year/839a0951-30d0-4bbd-a25b-18301ecc2b26" rel="noopener noreferrer">projected $1.2 billion budget gap for 2021</a>. This comes on top of an $800 million budget deficit for the rest of this year. Reset checks in with WBEZ’s Becky Vevea for the latest on the city’s budget forecast and with Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa for reaction from City Hall. Host: Justin KaufmannProducer: Stephanie Kim

Mayor Lightfoot Outlines Bleak Budget Forecast: $1.2 Billion Gap For 2021

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Mayor Lightfoot Outlines Bleak Budget Forecast: $1.2 Billion Gap For 2021

Mayor Lightfoot Outlines Bleak Budget Forecast: $1.2 Billion Gap For 2021