The Wall Street Journal
This article covered the City of Chicago's significant financial challenges ahead of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's State of the City address. Civic Federation President Laurence Msall said that the Mayor does not have any easy solutions left to address a roughly $1 billion budget deficit, growing pension liabilities and a high debt burden. A Civic Federation report released earlier in the year outlined the magnitude of the City's financial problems, weighed the costs and benefits of a number of solutions and offered recommendations to the City's new leadership.
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