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The Chicago City Council is expected to vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s revised 2025 budget proposal on Friday. The updated budget package will not include funding for the city’s basic income program.

A coalition of community organizations is proposing that Mayor Brandon Johnson reduce funding for 1,000-plus unfilled police department positions to close the budget gap.

The Chicago Empowerment Fund, slated to relaunch in January, faces potential cuts due to the looming budget deficit. Advocates gathered at City Hall today to urge Mayor Johnson to fund the program.

Alders says residents don’t want a property tax hike. Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa says some are considering ways to reduce spending in CPD.

Mayor Brandon Johnson will deliver his second budget address on Wednesday. Ahead of the address, The TRiiBE spoke with elected officials and residents about what they’d like to see the Johnson administration prioritize.

“We must fund public health. Public health is public safety,” Cheryl Miller said.

More than 100 mobilizations in support of Palestine over the past year have galvanized Chicago’s organizing community, which continues to grow as the conflict spreads in the Middle East.

Elected leaders and local organizers share their visions for the commission's third year, including increasing community outreach, a ballot referendum and ending pre-textual traffic stops.

The funeral service for Javion Magee, the 21-year-old Chicagoland truck driver who was found dead in North Carolina, will be held in Maywood.

Chicago City Council members overwhelmingly voted in favor of a plan to keep ShotSpotter, but the city’s top lawyer told reporters that the ordinance isn’t legal.