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State Week: Will the state be asked to help with Chicago's fiscal woes?

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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois

Chicago is eyeing a budget deficit that is expected to balloon. Mayor Brandon Johnson is being put to the test. He said he doesn't want to cut services, but there may not be an appetite to raise property taxes. The problem could wind up falling to the Illinois General Assembly in the search for a solution.

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and Chicago Tonight's Heather Cherone.

The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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