Illinoisans who moved out of state in the last decade owed a collective $600M worth of pension debt. That burden now shifts to Illinois households of the people who are left behind. Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski sits down with Scott Busboom and Doug Wolfe on WZUS in Decatur. They cover the new census data, redistricting, the state income tax grab, and pensions.
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.