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With a handy assist from a proxy in the General Assembly, state Sen. Graciela Guzman, the Chicago Teachers Union continues its guerrilla war on Chicago's low-income families.
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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.
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Good stuff as always from the CC.
Kind of related to this, does Florian Sohnke still have his megaphone and the stack of flyers he hands out downtown? I stopped going to the office years ago, but he and the FBI sign guy were by far my two favorite “characters” in the Loop.
School choice is possibly a Sisyphusian effort in a state where public union campaign donations are infused into elected officials decisions. Never mind these same electeds went to and/or send their kids to private schools, in part because either their state salary is large enough they can afford it or because as part time state workers they have outside income that enables school choice. It is well known that CTU President Stacy Davis Gates sends her son to a private school. She says it’s because he wants to play soccer, never mind the endless options to play soccer. She is… Read more »
No choice for Chicago’ kids, per Stacey Gates and CTU.