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The Chicago Board of Education approved a small increase to its property tax levy on Monday that will allow the district to collect about $40 million more than originally planned. For taxpayers, that ...

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New Orleans’ municipal government may not be able to make payroll for the rest of the year, as the city’s cash flow, already precarious in the face of a $160 million deficit, is apparently worse than ...

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