01/21/26: Johnson shelves costly parking meter buyback

Mayor Brandon Johnson has walked away from a $3 billion-plus plan to undo the city's parking meter deal. Crain’s politics reporter Justin Laurence discusses with host Amy Guth.

Plus: Cardinal Cupich joins rare rebuke of U.S. foreign policy, Chicago-based Protein Bar acquired by the company that owns Dos Toros and Chopt, River North office building teed up for residential conversion and a report finds Illinois wage gap persists despite transparency efforts.

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