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October 2026: Mayor Johnson presents the FY2027 budget proposal.
By then, the choices will largely be made. The time to ask questions and demand answers is now.
Know the calendar. Use it.
#ChicagoBudget #BudgITUS #CivicPower
Mandatory pension contributions will increase by $60M in 2027.
In a budget already under structural pressure, that $60M has to come from somewhere.
From a service cut? New revenue? More borrowing?
Residents should demand a clear answer, now, not in October.
#ChicagoBudget
General Financing Requirements is one of the biggest in the 2026 budget.
That's the category that covers pension payments, debt service, and deficit management. The structural costs that grow whether or not services do.
Know the line items. Know the priorities.
#ChicagoBudget
The difference between Chicago's $16.6B net budget and $18.6B gross spending?
$2 billion in dedicated funds, grants, enterprise revenues, and pass-throughs that can't be redirected to fill other gaps.
Understanding this is key to understanding Chicago's real fiscal choices.
Chicago borrowed $450M to pay police settlements.
That's taxpayer money paying interest for years to cover costs that could have been addressed earlier.
The question now is what the full long-term cost of this debt is to Chicago's residents.
#CivicPower
Chicago's 2026 Budget, by the numbers:
$16.6B Net Budget
$18.6B Gross Spending
$1.19B Gap closed (with one-time fixes)
$2.76B Pension spending
$1.8B New debt
$1.16B Projected 2027 gap
The math is balanced. The questions aren't.
#ChicagoBudget #BudgITUS #FollowTheMoney
Today, we celebrate the mothers and mother figures leading the charge for a more transparent and equitable world.
Happy Mother’s Day to the first mentors and the community builders!
#mothersday #mother
A $1.19 billion gap. A record TIF sweep. $1.8B in new bonds.
Chicago's 2026 budget is balanced, but built on one-time fixes that can't be repeated. We broke it all down so you don't have to.
🔗 Read the Citizens' Guide → budgit.us/updates/704?title=…
#FollowTheMoney
Nigeria: BudgIT's 14-year open budget platform → billions tracked, communities empowered.
This is what transparency looks like.
The US has a transparency deficit, too. That is why we at BudgIT US are working to apply these successful models here, because when people can read a budget, they can use it too.
#BudgITUS #BudgetTransparency #CivicTech
You have the legal right to request any government document.
It's free. It's called FOIA.
Most people have never used it.
#CivicPower
Your government works for you. Start asking for the receipts.
#Civicresponsibility #AskQuestions
Deadlines met. Impact made. 100%.
That only happens because of the people behind the work.
Happy Workers' Day to the #HumansofBudgIT and every worker out there giving it everything.
#workersday
Many think cutting Medicaid is a quick fix for a state budget, but the math says otherwise.
When we slash preventative care, we're just shifting those costs into high-priced ER visits that taxpayers eventually pick up. It’s not a saving; it's a debt transfer.
#healthcare
State rights shouldn't mean "State budget crises."
Unlike the federal government, states can't just print money or run a deficit, they have to balance the books by law.
When federal Medicaid support drops, local services are the first thing on the chopping block.
Political debates about healthcare are often loud, but the data is usually quiet.
But we are cutting through the noise to show how Medicaid actually impacts state fiscal health.
Don't get caught in the rhetoric, know and understand the data.
#healthcaredata #laborrights
