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Though the city has said the land appears to be “viable” for use as a winterized tent camp for migrants, the pollution testing is necessary to determine if the area is safe for human health. The property, previously owned by a railroad company, at one point included a zinc smelter, an operation that uses heat and chemicals to extract metals, historic records show. SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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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
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.
Unless they plan on eating the dirt or digging their own wells, it makes no difference the site is polluted.
Wow, what a twofer Democratic Party intersection. House illegals at a Superfund site. After they become citizens they can then sue for damages.
Actually, they don’t need citizenship to sue.
All of this concern and vitriol could come to a halt if you just rounded the illegals up and shipped them out of the country. They have no right to be here and certainly have no rights to expect what the city is trying to give them. Send them back!