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Chicago Has Waived Nearly Two-Thirds of Its Calculated Filming-Permit Fees Since 2021 — $5.66 Million of $8.78 Million
Chicago publishes every CDOT filming-permit application as data — 26,307 since 2013 — and the fee columns tell the sharper story: $8.78 million in calculated fees on 2021–2026 applications, $5.66 million of…
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