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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.
There will be a 10% sales tax, a 7% gross receipts tax on the sale of marijuana from cultivators to dispensaries, and a push for UFCW in cultivators. This tells me they won’t be able to compete with the black market. California with about three times the population of Illinois took in $345M in taxes from marijuana which was way under their projections. Pritzker is dreaming if he thinks we’ll get $300M to $700M in taxes.