Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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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.
As a long-time resident of Carbondale, I am not a bit surprised by the findings. In my humble opinion, we suffer here from a lack of City leadership. Many businesses have failed or are suffering here and the City to my knowledge has done nothing to help or at least encourage their continuation. The report fails to mention the chronic decreasing enrollment at the local public university here (with no sign of it abating) and the real possibility the City will lose its Home Rule status (and the sales tax bump the City gets because of that status) once the… Read more »