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Dec 16 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Good afternoon Chicago! Today’s the day … City Council’s FY2025 budget vote! This is Mo (@rolllingwaves), one of City Bureau’s Documenters and freelance journalist taking over to call #ChiBudgetBingo🤑🤑🤑

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Jan 12, 2021 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
1/ City Council members spent Monday questioning @ChiPubSchools’ re-opening plan. Let’s get into it (and other public meetings #CHIdocumenters are covering this week)! 🧵 2/ @ChiCouncil Committee on Education & Child Development hearing on CPS' calculation that benefits of in-person classes for PreK + special ed students outweigh #COVID19 risk / Mon, Jan 11, 9:30am 🐤 @MegannHorstead 📝 @PortalatinA chicago.documenters.org/assignments/co…
Jan 8, 2021 • 18 tweets • 12 min read
1/ While we wouldn’t do last year over again, #CHIdocumenters saw a lot happen in open meetings, local government and activism. So, before we put it behind us, here’s the story of 2020 through our eyes 2/ Back in January ‘20 #CHIdocumenters documented all meetings in person and had to navigate all that came with that...There's no one right way to run an open meeting but this setup wasn’t exactly "public-facing” / @rogueclown
Nov 10, 2020 • 13 tweets • 9 min read
1/ #CHIdocumenters here with a thread on the local government meetings we’re covering this week because, you know, democracy 2/ City Council #Chi2021Budget hearings continue… / Mon, Nov 9, 9am 🐤 @HannahFaris1 📝 @catbecket
Oct 19, 2020 • 17 tweets • 11 min read
1/ Throwback to early 2019: Mayor Emanuel’s tenure was winding down, plans for the $95 million cop academy rammed thru City Council & officials promised to put Peach’s & @culvers in the parking lot. Update on that last thing + lots more happening in public meetings this week 🍔 2/ City Council’s Committee on Workforce Development had a brief, 13 min meeting to update the collective bargaining agreement the Teamsters Local Union No. 700 / Mon, Oct 19, 10am 🐤 @ecullnan 📝 @KailCohen chicago.documenters.org/meetings/commi…