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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Small steps, slight delay for key parts of Johnson’s progressive agenda

The Chicago City Council at its Wednesday meeting. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Three key items on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s progressive to-do list inched ever so slowly forward Wednesday despite opposition or parliamentary maneuvers aimed at derailing them.

The City Council held a public hearing on Johnson’s revised plan to raise the real estate transfer tax on high-end home sales to generate $100 million in annual revenue. That money would be used to combat homelessness.

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