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Morning Consult chief economist John Leer cautions against concluding that this completely validates calls to cut unemployment benefits early. "Getting people to move from relying on unemployment insurance to wage income doesn't just automatically happen. There's going to be some searching and matching frictions at work."
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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.
Audio and summary
Sleep till 9 or 10. Get up make coffee. Smoke a little weed , read the news. Take the dog for a walk, chat with the neighbors. Go to work? Whaaat! Nay, don’t think I wanna do that.