On Feb. 26, the Chicago City Council approved a $830 million general obligation bond by a 26-23 vote to fund infrastructure improvements.
The measure includes a condition by Mayor Brandon Johnson prohibiting the use of funds reserved for Chicago Public Schools to pay pensions for non-teaching staff or to cover the still-unsettled Chicago Teachers Union contract, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
The new language says: “Each grant or loan of authorized funds shall be made only for a capital project located within the city at the direction of the alderman representing the ward in which the capital project is located and no more than $75 million of the proceeds of the bonds shall be used for such grants or loans.”…