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“We actually weathered [the Omicron surge] as well or better than most, and it’s because we’ve kept in place a mask requirement not only in schools with adults and kids, but also indoors,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. “I want to get rid of masks as fast as we can when it is feasible to keep people safe.”
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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.
Have not spent a dime in chicago since this began- I will tell you get out and explore restaurants in Lake county friendly and happy to see you. I have been doing more shopping there as well!Forget chicago
Everyone needs to take of the damn masks once and for all. I cannot believe all of the people in the Dupage County Suburbs still wearing masks in public. This only ends when we end it. We will not vote our way out of this. Wake Up people.
Yeah, right, I’ll believe it when it happens. This whole situation is ludicrous and has persisted far too long.
Remember this in November and vote the bums out!
What a load of BS. Mask mandates have nothing to do with anything. Masks do nothing. Period. What did the health systems do, change their reporting metrics/definitions once again? Testing? The tests that detect the common cold? Is it really covid in all of these “cases”? Does a positive test really mean a person is sick? Is the test detecting a fragment of some old virus? (These truths are out there for all to learn about). Again with the unvaccinated people…why is it that every person I know lately, who has come down with “covid” has been vaccinated? SO SICK… Read more »