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.
CPS and CTU do not want it made public that charter and private schools actually educate students with far less money. CPS and CTU want failing schools to prevail, and not allow schools that actually educate students to exist. CPS definitely doesn’t want education examples of what actually works, and they definitely don’t want competition.
As I read the headline I thought…holy crap! CPS is actually going to sell property, which is what many here have been saying for years. But, of course, then you read the article…this basic and logical move by CPS comes with the Chicago Union control spin. The deed for these buildings states that they cannot be used as a charter or private school. No no, we can’t have someone buying a building that CPS couldn’t keep going and then turn around and compete with CPS and perhaps provide a quality education for students….no no. This shows you exactly who CPS… Read more »
My old Catholic school in Detroit became a charter school after the archbishop closed it. Yes we can!