CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget director painted a pretty dismal picture of the city's finances Friday.

The mayor and his team have the next couple months to figure out how to close an over a billion dollar budget deficit.

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As Labor Day weekend arrives, tourists continue to visit Chicago's top attractions. Revenue generated from amusement and recreation taxes is up this year, but not nearly enough to bail the city out of a budget deficit that is larger than originally expected.

"Without significant shifts in how we balance the budget, the services that people of Chicago have begun to rely upon would certainly be in jeopardy," Johnson said.

As he begins the process of balancing the 2026 budget by the end of the yea

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