Chicago Way w/John Kass: A funeral for a friend and the city’s finances

The Chicago Way

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Politics, News, News & Politics, Tribune, Radio, Kass, Columnist, Wgn, The, Carlin, Plus, Chicago, Way, John, Jeff

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🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Chicago Way w/John Kass (12/15/25): Austin Berg, Executive Director of the Chicago Policy Center at the Illinois Policy Institute, join John Kass & Jeff Carlin with a look at just how badly Mayor Brandon Johnson has managed Chicago’s finances and the inane ideas the Mayor has come up with to fill a nearly $1.2 billion […]

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