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“We have, for quite some time, been advancing the city’s climate goals without federal funding,” said Angela Tovar, commissioner at Chicago’s Department of Environment and the city’s chief sustainability officer. If federal funding is cut, Tovar said Chicago would seek to tap a number of other funding sources—county, state and private—for grant programs.
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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
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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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So.. where does the Com Ed “ green tax “ from those that pay their monthly bills go? It’s a “ tax “ right, so it’s given to the government after being collected, right?
If Chicago has their federal funding cut, I am fairly certain the state won’t have extra money lying around. Illinois is broke – maybe someone should let her know.