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On Monday, Chicago graduated more police recruits into their department. Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke at the event and said new officers must earn the residents' trust for the city to be safe. "Your ability to make bonds with the community that have been disinvested in over the course of decades is critical to your service." 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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BJ The Race Clown Still Trying To Hide His Defund Agenda
The education system spent tens of thousands of dollars on their education and cheated them out of it. Now the only economic opportunities are criminal.
Will the mayor ever recognize that disinvestment is a result of crime, not the cause? Probably not. It would leave him with nothing to say, since disinvestment seems to be his only talking point.