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
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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.
“The northwest suburbs, meanwhile, are still plagued by large blocks of empty space and had a vacancy rate of 31.1 percent at the end of the quarter” I feel like this is improving, slowly but steadily. Young couples move to the ‘burbs from the city usually sometimes after the first child is born. CPS’s threat to strike and it’s general overall awfulness will only accelerate that move and the NW suburbs is in prime position for migration. Great schools, established infrastructure, less congestion. The company I work for has offices downtown and in the NW suburbs and I prefer the… Read more »