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Cook County’s health care tab is set to grow by about 6.6% to $4.26 billion next year, accounting for nearly half of the county’s proposed $9.14 billion budget. County officials attribute the higher spending to rising patient volumes but didn't say what's driving that increase.
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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.
Nearly all of downtown office buildings will enter into foreclosure. And as the illegals and criminals and thugs fill the void, tenants will continue leaving too. The big name tenants who resigned leases or moved to better space in Class A buildings will soon enough regret their decision to re-commit to Chicago. Chicago survived the great Chicago fire, the Great Depression, the Great Migration and the Global Financial Crisis. But Chicago will not survive the triple whammy of Lori Lightfoot, COVID and Brandon Johnson. It’s lights out, game over for the loop.