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The decision comes a day after a Lake County judge rejected Sheriff John Idleburg's legal bid to force the county health department to provide information about COVID-19 patients. McHenry County's sheriff won a similar suit last month, while health departments in DuPage and Will counties are voluntarily providing addresses of COVID-19 patients.
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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.
This is against HIPPA laws.
The first responders don’t want to go full PPE for every call because they lack enough PPE. Preckwinkle objects, not because of privacy concerns (which is what I assumed it would be about prior to reading the article), but instead, she’s concerned about ‘endemic racism; and for the potential for some minorities to feel targeted. She said to assume everyone is infected. This is the most ridiculously stupid stuff I’ve ever heard. You can’t make up this stupidity that literally defies common sense and logic. When you live in Hyde Park enough long and drink the water, it makes you… Read more »