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Pritzker said he’s being a cheerleader for Illinois to attract business, but it’s going to take time. “It takes time to turn a battleship or a aircraft carrier in the right direction and we’ve been doing that in the last two years and I will continue to do that."
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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.
The truth is that the state leadership wants the population decline. It’s not Democrat voters leaving. They love our progressive utopia, with dystopian mobile abortion clinics roaming everywhere, LGBTQ sex education to 4th graders, legalized marijuana, gambling virtually everywhere, lots of poverty and poor people leeching off the government. It’s the Republicans and conservatives who subscribe to natural values, of family, thrift, hard work and capitalism, the middle class, they are leaving the state. Middle Class republican voters are obstacles to progressive ideas like Reparations, progressive taxes, free abortions for everyone, free medicaid and free lunches for everyone. The sooner… Read more »
I am one of those who left this month. It is the best decision I have made in years. I already feel like I can breath and it is nice to be around normal people again. More of our six figure income for us. Best thing ever was seeing the “Welcome to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot” sign in my rearview mirror!
I left this year. It’s been a good decision so far.
People are leaving Illinois because they are smart.
It has been going down so fast since Jag boy took on the “roll” of governor.