With his financial team now in place, the new mayor will do his own forecast and hold several community meetings next month. His predecessor’s “midyear” budget forecast in April claimed an $85 million shortfall among the lowest in recent Chicago history.
Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health is distributing $5 million in grants through its Equity and Advance Fund to community-based organizations committed to advancing social justice and health equity.
On the same day Johnson traveled to Springfield to make his case for more revenue, Lightfoot told the Executives Club of Chicago her successor will need less of it.
In a “midyear” budget forecast released Tuesday, Lori Lightfoot argues that she is handing off a budget shortfall to mayor-elect Brandon Johnson of just $85.