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Since January 2016, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s political campaign has spent more than $700,000 to purchase tickets to Chicago Cubs, White Sox and Bulls games.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Hopefully a state legislator will introduce a bill to disclose the names of the people receiving the tickets from such PAC expenditures. Apparently volunteers and contributors to the Friends of Michael J Madigan PAC prefer the Cubs by a wide margin over the White Sox, as the beneficiary of all the ticket expenditures was the Michael J Madigan PAC, and the break-down of the ticket expenditures is: Cubs – 63%. White Sox – 24%. Bulls – 13%. The 22nd State Representative District is on the southwest side of Chicago, surrounding Midway Airport. Not many Cubs hats in that area, although… Read more »