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Over the last five years, the Planning Commission has approved 25,000 new housing units along the river and 10 million square feet of office space.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
How does the city define the Chicago River? Do they take responsibility for the south branch? The Sanitary and Ship Canal? Where the sewage is sent to NOLA via the Illinois River and Mississippi. Yea sure they clean it up. You can smell how clean it is on 55 where it parallels the sewer.
I remember a long long time ago when Len O’Connor in his signature monotone voice on WGN said that Mayor Daley had plans for the Chicago River to be cleaned and people could fish there. Len said that the last person who caught a fish in the river was Father Marquette. Still laughing today on his commentary. His political commentary was legendary. What would say today?. Wish there were archives to check out.