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.
CMS filed peremptory rules (to 80 Ill. Adm. Code 310 (Pay Plan)) on Oct. 18 implementing the AFSCME contract, which was signed by Council 31 representatives on or about Sept. 7 and signed by the Governor on Sept. 27. These peremptory rules (a rule procedure used to implement collective bargaining agreements, court orders, or federal laws/regulations that must be implemented verbatim and don’t allow the agency to make any changes) implement all the pay raises and changes to basic salary levels, so those seem to be pretty “finalized”. If anything is still not finalized perhaps (I’m guessing) it has to… Read more »