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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
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.
Mark, I recall you’ve reviewed the statutes in question in some detail. Do you think the city has any case here that they were denied due process?
I don’t think it’s a due process issue but, instead, a question of how you calculate the numbers. There’s some vagueness in the statute and how pensions report this, making the dispute predictable.
This will be fun to watch. Democrat on Democrat law-fare, at public expense. Rather fixing the fundamental imbalance between pension obligations, other government spending and revenue, this dysfunctional state Democratic legislature passes a law to appease state and local employee pension funds with a law at the expense of those that expect other government services. The law basically mandates squeezing blood out of a rock. As predicted by Wirepoints this is diversion from the real problem. Maybe there are a couple of law firms led by senior legislative leaders that could be available to represent the city for exorbitant hourly… Read more »