A Receipt for Your Taxes

Neal Runs For Mayor

Neal is getting ready to unveil another big project—a visual explainer for how the Chicago budget works and where that $22 billion ends up. He's also starting to make the rounds at mayoral candidate forums and media interviews, making public his idea to give Chicagoans a receipt for their taxes.

Show Notes

• Chicago reporter Sarah Karp tweeted updates from the mayoral forum at Kenwood Academy that Neal attended (00:30)
• Neal’s appearance on Fox32’s Good Day Chicago (00:40)
• The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability "Chicago's city budget 101" blog post (6:03)
• The Chicago Tribune's investigative reporting project on the city's municipal bond morass (7:51)
• Denver's tax receipt generator (10:09)