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Of the 1,666 Illinois layoffs, 550 hit Schaumburg after Elite Staff Inc. and Labor Network, two Nation Pizza companies owned by Nestlé USA, announced they would be restructuring their workforces. Chicago had the second-highest number of mass layoffs as three companies, including Home Partners of America LLC and Heartland Health Alliance, cut workers.
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Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
26 Comments
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
10 Comments
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
4 Comments
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Going to keep happening as long as Illinois picks the pockets of businesses every chance they get.
The need for money to fund pensions is so great it will never stop.