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.
The latest study compares aggregate motorist data on the roads in Chicago to the number of stops and tickets issued to black and Hispanic people. This is supposed to be a better comparison than using the aggregate data of a specific section of a neighborhood – it’s not. How is using the aggregate data of the entire city to specific neighborhood such as Englewood and Roseland (black areas) or Mount Greenwood and Jefferson Park supposed to yield more accurate comparisons? It doesn’t! In white areas a cop is going to stop more whites and in black areas a cop is… Read more »
On a county by county basis, let’s just have prosecutors apply the law as they “ interpret “ it.
“minor traffic stops often target people of color” LOL cops are not targeting people of color as much as they are targeting traffic law offenders who are, let’s be honest, often people of color. But not always, as 560 AM’s Dan Proft likes to brag, he speeds often too, and gets plenty of tickets for it. Cops aren’t like “there’s a random POC in a suit driving the speed limit in a fully compliant newer model vehicle, let’s pull him or her over for no reason!” It’s more like “There’s the guy driving like an A-hole with an expired plate,… Read more »