Lightfoot's council power push: beggars, blank checks, and speed bumps

Virtual resistance in full council's first videoconference.

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TIF AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook: Joravsky on tax-increment financing

This first-in-a-series audiobook features hours of Dave Glowacz's in-depth interviews with Ben Joravsky about TIF since 2014.

SCHOOLS

Illinois school funding for dummies

Budget guru edsplains latest state formula.

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FINANCE

City moves to prolong TIF districts citywide

Belies Lightfoot's pledge to "end slush fund"?

• Lightfoot administration defends Lincoln Yards TIF
• "Diversion thesis" muddies anti-TIF arguments
• See all our Lincoln Yards-related reporting here
  

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