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Chicago business license approvals for new and existing businesses fell to their second-lowest level of the past two decades in 2024, with the city reporting 47,835 fewer licensed businesses than in 2005. That’s a 62 percent drop.
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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.
OMG! Wow, excellent reporting WP, it’s a staggering statistic that should be national news.
Who in their right mind would start a business in Chicago? Work 70 hours a week with great risk of losing everything.
OR
Become a public sector “worker” and put in little effort get good pay, great benefits, and a pension at an early age. It is a no brainer.