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.
This is how the feds are getting at Madigan. His inner circle has been on the take from ComEd for ‘lobbying’. These lobbyists are all allegedly close to Madigan and have his confidence and ear. That’s why ComEd was giving them excessive amounts of lobbying money, because they had a direct line to Madigan. Now, here’s the thing – why does Madigan care if all his friends and associates are on the take from ComEd. What personal interest does Madigan have in ComEd spending hundreds of thousands of dollars paying his closest associates to lobby him? McClain got $367,000 in… Read more »