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Chicago Council Passes Balanced Budget Overshadowed By Looming Pension Cliff

Posted on November 27, 2013

The Bond Buyer

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This article covers the City Council’s November 26 vote to approve the FY2014 City of Chicago Budget. The Civic Federation’s analysis supports the budget as a short-term plan, but warns that the fiscal progress made in recent years will be undone next year when the City faces a $590 million pension contribution increase absent pension reform.