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.
This does not apply to the Counties that were not part of the lawsuit – hence – Cook County and Dupage County will end cash bail on January 1st. This is a small victory for those counties that sued but most of the collar counties that did not join the lawsuit, where the majority of crime happens are not part of this.
But I think this means if the Supreme Court rules that it is indeed unconstitutional, then the counties not participating in the lawsuit will have to go back and re-address any sentencing between Jan 1 and that ruling. This could get messy, which leads me to believe the fix will be in at ILSC.
5 democrats, 2 Republicans on the ILSC, the outcome is already known
They’ve got a little over 48 hours left to issue a ruling. if they overturn a well-reasoned opinion, and the constitution itself, for political reasons on a 5-2 basis, god help us all.
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer law. lol