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Chicago Budget Cuts

Budget Cuts Forcing Chicago To Downsize Christmas Tree

Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago's deep budget crisis is forcing some unusual cuts this holiday season, even to one of the most venerable traditions -- the city's Christmas tr...

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City Cutting Recycling Pickup To Once Every Three Weeks

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago's citywide switch to curbside recycling would hit the brakes in some neighborhoods, while pickups would be less frequent in others, under cuts...

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New City Budget Pulling $370M From Parking Meter Deal To Help Plug $550M Hole

CBS 2 | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago

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You won't be paying any new taxes, but you also won't get to enjoy Venetian night and other long-running city events anymore either, as Mayor Richard ...

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Teamsters Sue Chicago After Losing Jobs

Chicago Tribune | John Byrne | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

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Nearly 80 Teamsters truck drivers are suing the city after losing their jobs this summer as part of Mayor Richard Daley's budget-cutting moves....

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City Libraries Slashing Hours After Layoffs

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago's 76 branch public libraries will cut back their weekday hours, effective Jan. 2, to minimize the impact of recent layoffs that have books sta...

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Libraries Hurt By Budget Cuts

Chicago Tribune | Ben Meyerson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

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Walking through the doors of the Edgewater Library, the first thing you notice are the books, piled a foot high on counter tops and crammed into more ...

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Budget Cuts Slash City's Animal Care Adoption Hours

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 08.21.2009 | Chicago

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Animal Care has dramatically reduced its adoption schedule -- from 49 hours a week to 17 -- to accommodate the layoffs ordered by Mayor Daley after tw...

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Winter Parking Ban Enforcement Slowed By Budget Cuts

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago

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Drivers who defy Chicago's winter overnight parking ban normally find their cars missing the next morning. They're snapped up and towed away in a flas...

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More City Lay Offs Likely: Daley Aide

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard Daley's chief of staff today announced $9.2 million in spending cuts and warned that more city workers could be laid off....

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City Budget Cuts Affecting Speed Of Ticket Hearings

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 03.07.2009 | Chicago

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Recent changes and cutbacks are having a profound effect on drivers' ability to contest parking tickets and red light camera violations.

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Break Out The Shovel: City Reducing Side Street Snow Plowing

CBS 2 | Posted 01.02.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard M. Daley said Tuesday that city crews will cut back on plowing side streets this winter in an effort to save money. The mayor said the c...

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Aldermen Riled Up Over City Garbage Cuts, Daley's Budget

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

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City Council griping about Chicago's financial woes reached its loudest volume Thursday as Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Michael Picardi testifi...

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Food Safety Compromised By Budget Cuts: Union

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley is inviting restaurants and groceries to cut sanitary corners and putting public health at risk by slashing Health Department spending and...

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