The levy is about 6.6% higher than the about $89 million levy from last year. The bulk of the increase can be attributed to about a $2.7 million increase in the Aurora Public Library levy, and about a $3.5 million increase for the police and fire pension funds.

Bea Sullivan-Knoff filed the federal suit in 2016 seeking to overturn the ordinance that prohibits liquor license holders from allowing women from exposing their breasts without imposing the same restriction on men. Sullivan-Knoff, a performance artist, described the measure as “sexist and transphobic,” slamming the restriction as an “embarrassment” to a modern American city.

Sullivan-Knoff also sought compensatory and punitive damages for the difficulties

The chairman of the City Council’s Black Caucus threatened Thursday to try again to delay recreational marijuana sales in Chicago for six months after accusing Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office of backing off from a commitment made to African American aldermen demanding a piece of the pie.