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State Rep. Brad Halbrook, a member of the Illinois Freedom Caucus, said the General Assembly goes back to the same failed playbook year after year: “Spend beyond our means, refuse to tell Gov. Pritzker 'no' and create yet another budget problem, then turn around and demand taxpayers bail Springfield out once again."
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Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
10 Comments
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.
Which of you geniuses really believed that property tax relief would be in this budget?