Скачать или смотреть What’s Next for the City Budget? Plus, Chicago Theaters Hush on DEI

Earlier this week, the City Council Finance Committee voted 25-10 to reject the mayor’s budget proposal (https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/1...) . Alders pushed back on a corporate head tax and borrowing for police settlements (https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/17/chic...) . The mayor said he would veto increases to garbage fees and grocery or property taxes (https://thetriibe.com/2025/11/mayor-j...) . So what's next as the deadline to pass a budget draws closer? We ask The Tribune’s Jake Sheridan and WBEZ’s Mike Davis. Plus, five years after nationwide calls (https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertai...) to further diversify theaters, has anything changed (https://www.wbez.org/theater-stages/2...) ? 



Good news: "Mika Scrooge" at ETA Theatre (https://www.urbanbroadwaygroup.org/ev...) , "Sister Act" at Drury Lane (https://drurylanetheatre.com/sister-act/) , and Craig Dellimore and Ray Long honored (https://www.reformforillinois.org/eve...)  



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