Good afternoon, Chicago.

Chicago Board of Education President Sean Harden challenged the district’s new proposed budget yesterday, expressing doubts about its heavy reliance on revenue from special taxing districts to close a $734 million deficit.

The hesitancy repeatedly expressed by Harden, who was appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, during two public hearings signals further growing tension within the school board over how to address the district’s deepening fiscal crisis.

Chicago Public Schools’ fiscal road map, backed by interim CEO Macquline King, runs counter to the agenda of Johnson, a former Chicago Teachers Union organizer, who has advocated both now and in the past for borrowing to address budget woes.

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Bullet that killed Officer Krystal Rivera struck her from behind in vest opening: autopsy

More than two months after her death, Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera’s autopsy was finalized last week by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. It was reviewed by the Tribune today after an open-records request.

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Terrible Chicago artist draws terrible Chicago portraits. And finds a niche.

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Summer celebrations meet closed beaches and warnings on US East Coast due to Hurricane Erin

From Florida to New England, people trying to enjoy the last hurrahs of summer along the coast were met with rip current warnings, closed beaches and in some cases already treacherous waves as Hurricane Erin inched closer today.

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