Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first budget is buying time for his bigger ambitions
Politics,Brandon Johnson,Chicago
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Brandon Johnson’s first budget was highly anticipated. The mayor’s supporters and skeptics alike hoped to glean the most revealing signs to date of how he will govern over the coming four years.
As Chicago sports fans say all too often, wait until next year.
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