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"Spending plans that 'fully fund' pension obligations by making statutorily required contributions -- amounts required by legislators, by law -- do not necessarily fully fund pensions. In fact, Illinois has a sad history of passing laws with funding that falls far short of actuarial requirements -- the amounts necessary to keep pension (and related retirement health care) debt from rising over time."
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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.
If you look at this as political theater, it makes sense. Our elected leaders pretend to solve a vexing problem like the public pension fiasco. The Tribune and other outlets report what their sources tell them without adverse criticism, leading readers to believe the claims to be accurate. The public is left to wonder when time after time, the Trib reports that the leaders they endorsed have solved some vexing problem, and soon the same reporters are writing about how these same leaders are working on solving the same problems those same reporters had recently led us to believe had… Read more »