Chicago city clerk, treasurer defend 20.5% pay hikes

Risking a preelection backlash, City Clerk Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin said Friday they will accept the 20.5% pay raises — to $161,016 — that Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2023 budget includes for the city clerk and city treasurer.

Lightfoot delivers 2023 Chicago budget address

Mayor Lori Lightfoot urged the City Council on Monday to "be bold with me … to continue to right historic wrongs" that have created two Chicagos: one for the haves, the other for the have-nots.

Lightfoot cancels $42.7M pre-election property tax increase

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday scrapped plans for a $42.7 million pre-election property tax increase — half of what an automatic escalator would have allowed — but kept in place the inflationary trigger some City Council members are determined to repeal.