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Chicago’s $12.5 million rat control ‘unlikely’ to work

Jim Talamonti | The Center Square - August 5, 2026

OIG chief performance analyst Kevin Smith told The Center Square that the rat abatement program’s primary approach is responding to complaints or rat sightings by applying poison in burrows. #centersquare #rat #budget

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