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State Rep. Marcus Evans introduced a bill Thursday to create a “Rust Belt to Green Belt” fund to support workforce diversity programs. The 185-page bill would set rules for future offshore wind projects, such as requiring contractors to submit plans for hiring from underrepresented populations.
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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.
Then after this one, they’ll start building the north shore and Lake County wind farm. Certainly all those white suburban women with “hate has no home here” yard signs would love to know their part of the lake is saving the planet too!
Waiting for the SE side NIMBYs to complain “Why isn’t this wind farm being put on the North Shore?!”
Geothermal is the way to go, Lori is always in hot water over something. Perhaps tap into the energy when everyone gets all hotted up about anything.
Someone explained to me why cloth masks do not work against an airborne virus by making the analogy that our clothes do not stop a fart – seemed reasonable to me. Same junk science with the windmills, except politicians have $B’s to pass out for ‘incentives’
What about an ON shore hot air farm? There are plenty of politicians in Illinois who spew enough hot air we can export it to neighbor states. At least in that department we would have a surplus.
JB could power a village just by opening that pie hole of his.