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The Senate Education Committee unanimously endorsed two bills that would allow retired teachers to work as substitutes more days in a school year without losing any of their pension benefits.
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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.
Sounds like you’re sticking a band-aid on a deep gash! Letting them work more days as subs? Temporary teachers who make their own schedule? Is that what our students deserve? Instead, let’s address the root cause, this state offers nothing but a debt burden and high cost of living. Teachers just starting out cannot afford to live on their own with the high cost of living…taxed into moving out of this state. Happening all the time.