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City government and politics reporter @WBEZ, Chicago's NPR station. You can reach me at mwoelfel@wbez.org.
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Mayor Johnson projects upcoming $882M deficit, vows to not balance budget 'on backs of working people' Original

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By Mariah Woelfel Verified
| Chicago Sun-Times Verified
Chicago faces a $882.4 million budget gap next year, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Thursday as he teed up his next fight for “tax-the-rich” funding streams he believes are needed to offset the city’s severe financial woes. “We will not balance this budget on the backs of working people,” Johnson said as he released his annual budget forecast.
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Chicago's top cop says Washington Park mass shooting was ‘somewhat targeted,’ likely involved gunfight

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By Mariah Woelfel Verified, Cindy Hernandez
| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL) Verified
Chicago’s acting top cop told reporters Tuesday that police believe a mass shooting this weekend at a gathering in Washington Park was “somewhat targeted” and likely involved multiple shooters and an exchange of gunfire. As city officials announced the opening of a resource center for those impacted by violence, interim CPD Supt. Fred Waller also alluded to the potential use of a “switch,” a small device that turns a semi-automatic pistol into a machine gun. “It happens in a matter of seconds.
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Failed inspections, bodies parked on a suburban street — the troubled history behind South Chicago Chapel

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By Mitchell Armentrout Verified, Mariah Woelfel Verified
| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL) Verified
How the funeral industry fails Illinois' bereaved. The tax bills piled up for years on an Evergreen Park couple that ran a sprawling network of crematory and funeral services across the South Side and suburbs. So did a series of professional disciplinary cases against Clark and Johanna Morgan, along with a bizarre run-in with police who found two bodies in the back of a minivan outside their home.
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