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The bottom line from the five-year forecast from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget: The current fiscal year is now projected to end with a $1.4 billion surplus, while the upcoming fiscal year 2025 is projected to face an $891 million deficit. He noted at least one area of supplemental spending need; Pritzker said it “is going to be a requirement” that the state reexamines “whatever buckets that we've had to pull from” to provide aid to migrants as winter approaches.
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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.
No worries big guy, it is going to be an El Nino winter, so the temperatures won’t be too bad. Plus, you can use the warmer temperatures to push your ridiculous green agenda. Two birds with one stone JB.