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Chicago mayor: To balance budget, city ‘will need cooperation from Springfield’ Chicago mayor: To balance budget, city ‘will need cooperation from Springfield’

Chicago mayor: To balance budget, city ‘will need cooperation from Springfield’

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot laid out her budget plan Wednesday, announcing the city "will need cooperation from Springfield” in order to fill an $838 million operating deficit.  Lightfoot called on state lawmakers to authorize the city to increase its real-estate transfer tax, “support a Chicago casino” and “develop a statewide pension reform package.”

Anti-abortion law firm says Reproductive Health Act violates federal law Anti-abortion law firm says Reproductive Health Act violates federal law

Anti-abortion law firm says Reproductive Health Act violates federal law

Illinois’ new reproductive health care law is a “blatant violation” of residents’ religious and conscience rights, a pro-life law firm official said. The Thomas More Society, based in Chicago, filed a complaint Monday with the U.S. Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights alleging an element of the Reproductive Health Act breaches federal law.

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