The holidays are here and government officials at all levels are busy wrapping up budgets and other business. Chicago finally passed its budget on Monday after aldermen successfully pressured the mayor’s office to remove the property tax hike.
Nationally, a government shutdown is looming after President-elect Donald Trump insisted that his allies in Congress pass the budget only if it includes a debt ceiling increase.
The nation saw yet another tragic school shooting in Wisconsin this week. The shooting suspect in the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO was extradited to New York. Workers for Amazon and Starbucks went on strike.
The Chicago Bears prolonged their eight-game losing streak Monday with a 30-12 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. While team management continues the search for its next head coach, players are preparing to take on the Detroit Lions on Sunday at Soldier Field. And a 20-year Chicago sports feud thawed this week, with Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts inviting Sammy Sosa to the 2025 Cubs Convention.
Before we jump into it, the quotes team will be taking a break for the holidays, but we’ll have a special edition, year-end news quiz for you on Dec. 24. So keep an eye out for that! And we’ll be back with your regularly scheduled quotes quizzes in the new year.
Here’s the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for the week spanning Dec. 15-21. Missed last week? You can find it here or check out our past editions of Quotes of the Week.
