Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski joins Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago’s Morning Answer. They talk about the special session of the Illinois General Assembly, the major omnibus energy spending bill, the Pritzker Administration’s misleading comments on out-migration and all things Illinois.
See Wirepoints recent pieces on the subjects:
- Don’t fall for Pritzker administration’s misleading comments on Illinois’ population losses
- New IRS data reveals which states won and lost the competition for people and their wealth in 2019
- New IRS migration data: Illinois third-biggest loser of people, biggest loser of incomes, to other states in 2019
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Audio and summary 
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.
OT: Read the article on stopping wage theft as it contains many new requirements for businesses and on those who employ home workers. It also encodes seniority requirements into call-backs for hotel workers. This call-back rule is ironic given the Governor’s insistence on keeping the extended federal unemployment in place–perhaps the more senior workers would appreciate more time unemployed but will lose their place if they don’t take a job within five days of offer. The article doesn’t say, but perhaps the call-back rules don’t apply until the end of federal subsidies, which would be perfectly absurd but consistent with… Read more »