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The temporary hospital at McCormick Place has since been dismantled, and state officials say there are no plans to rebuild the facility even though the number of COVID-19 cases is surging in Illinois. Said Rebecca Clark, a spokeswoman for Illinois’ emergency management agency, “(T)he McCormick Place equipment has been prepositioned throughout the state to help hospitals and other congregate-care settings enhance surge capacities.”
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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
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.
Lori built the white elephant hospital at Mccormick place to take care of the unions and the democrat patronage workers from the south suburbs, south and west sides, and especially the political inbreds from canaryville and the 19th Ward. Also what happened to all all the money given to the south and west side community political workers to do contact tracing? Obviously they didn’t do the work. Nothing happened as they were just typical patronage workers hired by Lori in exchange for votes to get her re-election started.
However will this get paid?