The Chicago City Council approved the Cicero/Stevenson TIF District and $80 million in public subsidy—and members of the public were not consulted in the district's creation.

The proposed Cicero/Stevenson TIF district cleared its first governmental hurdle on March 3, with approval by a joint review board.

In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben listened to and opined on 2022's February meeting of the full Chicago City Council.

Funding for a South Side charter school connected to former Ill. House Speaker Michael Madigan has reportedly been hit a roadblock.

The city of Chicago has proposed at new tax-increment financing district south of the Stevenson expressway, west of South Cicero Ave.

In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben inspected audio from several October 2021 meetings of the Chicago City Council.

The city of Chicago proposes to dramatically increase the life and expenditures of the Near North tax-increment financing district.

In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben scrutinized January 2021's meetings of the Chicago City Council finance committee, public safety committee, and the full council.

In an audio interview, Dave Glowacz talked about ideas for the city of Chicago's 2021 budget with former city budget director Paul Vallas.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Dave and Ben deconstructed audio from October 2020's meetings of the Chicago City Council finance committee, and the full council.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Ben and Dave react to audio from 2020's August and September meetings of the full Chicago City Council.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Ben and Dave comment on aldermanic and mayoral ripostes at the May 2020 meeting of the full Chicago City Council.

The Chicago City Council approved tax-increment financing for Mayor Lori Lightfoot's INVEST South/West initiative, but aldermen in affected wards aren't on board.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Dave and Ben listen to aldermanic harangues at the Chicago City Council's last public hearing before the city's "shelter in place" edict.

Funding for Mayor Lori Lightfoot's INVEST South/West project moved to full City Council approval, but with aldermanic hurdles along the way.

The administration of Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed that it's working to delay the expiration of 13 tax-increment financing districts citywide.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Ben and Dave discussed the City Council's divided approval of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 2020 budget.

Audio of Chicagoans who gave Mayor Lori Lightfoot their advice and pleas at budget town halls that took place in September and October of 2019.

The Chicago City Council Office of Financial Analysis has made its first-ever public analysis of the city's annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Dave and Ben discussed the Lightfoot administration's defense of tax-increment financing in general, and the Cortland/Chicago River TIF district in particular.