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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.
Audio and summary
Going to be a big no huge ripple affect
It’s not really clear how much ‘work’ the technocrats are getting done at home. I know some people at major corporations who have no more than a few hours of work a day to do. There just isn’t enough work these days to work from home for a full day. They’re all just waiting for the lay offs in the upcoming months. I personally think that’s the second wave of layoffs when large IL corporations survey the landscape and lay people off by the hundreds of thousands. For example, restaurants that go out of business no longer need insurance, so… Read more »