As Mayor Brandon Johnson invests in mental health, questions linger about funding for other public health crises

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first budget comes at a crossroads moment for the Chicago Department of Public Health. More than three years after COVID-19 placed the Health Department on the front lines and made it among the most vital and prominent departments in the city, Johnson’s decisions on prioritizing spending there as federal pandemic dollars dry up will help shape how prepared Chicago is ...

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