Chicago voters overwhelmingly supported vacancy tax to help fund Chicago Public Schools

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<p>Many Chicagoans consider the thousands of vacant lots scattered across the city to be an eyesore. And on Tuesday, a number of them said the lots should be a source of revenue for Chicago Public Schools.</p><p>Nearly 74% of Chicago voters were in favor of a referendum that would hit the owners of vacant or undeveloped property in the city with an annual tax that would support <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/education" >CPS</a>. About 26%, or 163,655, of the city's 624,339 voters were against the idea.</p><p>The ballot question wasn't binding, meaning the tax won’t go into…

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