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The Citizens Utility Board estimated that a customer who uses 500 kilowatts of electricity a month would pay about $7.50 to $10 extra each month from June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026. ComEd raised metering, administrative and distribution facilities charges on Jan. 1 this year.
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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.
Just call this the Madigan tax.
A tax isn’t really a tax when it benefits those that can’t pay their bills, skim off the top etc. However, by calling it a tax, you are compelled to pay it, or else! What’s in a name? the Bard of Stratford on Avon once said . Plenty.