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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.
Audio and summary
The Skyway is about 7.8 miles long. So, it now costs approximately $1 per mile. Talk about being gouged.
A 60-cent increase doesn’t sound bad until you realize that’s over eight percent. But I thought the feds told us the inflation rate was less than three percent. If the inflation rate is that low, that 60-cent increase seems, you know, abusive.
I have mixed feelings about the Skyway. I’ve used it going back and forth to Detroit a few times. Its less traffic while you’re on it that’s for sure, nothing to pull off for, you’re certainly not paying for the view, it’s more expensive than going to Windsor, Ontario from Detroit…..
If Scotty could just beam me up to where I want to go I’d be fine with it…..
The “Skyway” is like one of those projected”Miracles From The Wonder World of 1960!” displayed at the GM “Futurama” Pavilion at the 1939 NY World’s Fair, Old Joe…