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According to IDES, the unemployment rate fell -0.1 percent to 5.2 percent in December based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Illinois’ unemployment rate was still 1.1 percent higher than the national unemployment rate last month. That state’s unemployment rate was also up 0.5 percent from a year ago when it was 4.7 percent.
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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.
The biggest increase in job figures in Illinois is government. Not exactly a win for taxpayers.