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A group of Chicago aldermen proposed a 29 percent increase in the city’s sales tax on retail alcohol sales. The tax was included in the council members’ budget alternative to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s head tax on employers.
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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.
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The nearby suburbs and states are cheering these acts of fiscal suicide. Chicago residents will make a day of it: Get groceries, clothes, gas, liquor, lunch and drive back to Chicago. Use cash.