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We are another week closer to 2026, and as the year winds down, many are reflecting on 2025 — including Time magazine, which named the “Architects of AI” as its person of the year Thursday. But don’t worry, quotes readers, there’s a few weeks left of 2025 and plenty going on in Chicago and beyond.

One big item that remains on Chicago public officials’ to-do list: pass a city budget. On Wednesday, aldermen officially introduced their own budget plan at the City Council, which proposes raising several taxes and fees in place of the controversial corporate head tax backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. Council members also delayed a revived push to give Chicago police officers the ability to declare a teen curfew for a specific zone of the city wi

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