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.
What infuriates me is that Nicor Gas is $1.14 per therm for November but Peoples Gas is 71 cent per therm. That is 43 cents more per therm and every 100 therms used = $43 more plus taxes. The $1.14 is still almost 3 times higher than 2 years ago. I would like to know why Nicor is one of the highest in the state when most are around 80 cents or less..