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The vote of confidence from Google, whose parent company Alphabet ranks No. 8 on the Fortune 500, follows recent decisions by Boeing, Caterpillar and Citadel to relocate their headquarters out of state. Pritzker has pushed back on criticism about those departures, pointing to other companies that have relocated to Chicago and Illinois. “If it wasn’t evident before, then surely it is crystal clear now: Google is one of Chicago’s most important companies,” said Pritzker, who state economic interest disclosures show is an Alphabet shareholder.
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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.
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Just like the Woke Tribune, The Low Information Crain’s Chicago Business (Chicago’s Anti-Business Business-Newspaper) Breathlessly Gushes Over Google’s Real Estate Dumpster Dive — Declaring It To Be The Rescue Of Dying Downtown – Crain’s Chicago Business;