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Right now, they grow everything inside a 500-square-foot space in trays with a hydroponic system for drip watering that recirculates. There's no actual soil. It's a cotton-like material. And LED lights are a fine substitute for sunlight inside a 137-year-old building. SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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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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Oh good, more commie businesses ruining our once-beautiful downtown. What’s next? Probably wasting taxpayer dollars on bike lanes and street festivals. A disgrace.
Going from 500 square feet to over 1,000,000 is going to be a lot more expensive than anyone thinks. I see the taxpayer being screwed on this.
Correct. Since there’s no private money stupid enough to support this, you just know this boondoggle is using taxpayer money. Shameful.
Illinois has some of the best farmland in the country. This is a total waste of money.
At least they’re not growing marijuana!
Yet.
That’s in the back room in the employe garden.
Wait.