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.
When I attended my crumbling Chicago grammar school we had windows that opened and closed and over winter, radiators that warmed the rooms. The building was old and the tiles that the kindergarten class sat on were asbestos. Thanks to the Our Lady of Angels fire in the 50s, we did have push bars to exit in an emergency and regular fire drills. We had a janitor, but if we dropped something, we were expected to lean over and pick it up. Once a week we dusted our rooms, carried out trash, and pushed brooms across the floor. Older kids… Read more »
A wonderful description of going to school as in my time as well. Amazing that we survived those harrowing times
I want the contract to supply the replacement filters but I just cant figure out where I put my alphabet credentials on the bid. 😉
This is great news. The empty classrooms will have excellent air quality.
Shouldn’t this have happened over a year ago?