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Smart Start Illinois is an initiative of Gov. JB Pritzker that’s designed to expand publicly funded preschool programs and increase the number of preschool seats available to 80 percnt of all working families in Illinois. Lawmakers first approved the program in 2023. Since then, the state has added 11,000 seats.
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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
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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.
Out of curiosity I wonder how many of these “seats” are targeted at Pritzker’s sanctuary seekers?
Given the ongoing poor educational achievement scores, is there any evidence this new spending will do other than hire more union members for the NEA and AFT?
“ Que Bueno!” say the majority of those that will snap up the taxpayers funded education.