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He said in his statement, “For more times than I care to count, the Democrat majority and, disapprovingly, many Republicans have voted to pass legislation that raised taxes, increased spending, and created more regulation. It is to Illinois a death by a thousand legislative cuts.” SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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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.
A common sense move by an intelligent person. A friend of mine just sold a house for $700k in the south suburbs– at a half million dollar loss. Has a $26k property tax bill. He bought a new house in Tennessee for $500k with the same square footage with a property tax bill of $1,200– per year not per month. So if you figure on a 20 year life in the same size house, that new house probably pays for itself and is basically free to him. Is that the “weather”? Or is that the “science”.