Good afternoon, Chicago.
Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a hiring freeze on city government positions today as his administration faces a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall next year.
A statement sent out by his budget office said “Effective today, we are enacting a series of budgetary restrictions, including a citywide hiring freeze, and stringent limitations on non-essential travel and overtime expenditures outside of public safety operations.” The statement did not say how many vacant positions or how much savings that amounts to.
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