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The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that teachers can’t defer maternity leave until after summer break for births that occur at the end of the school year. Justice Anne Burke said the state statute was intended to give teachers paid sick leave in the time right after the triggering event, whether that even was falling ill or giving birth.
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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.
Despite the terrible legislature and the corrupt politicians and terrible laws, the courts in Illinois tend to be fairly business friendly and conservative. They get things right more often than not. I know we have a reputation as a judicial hellhole for big jury awards, but outside of those high profile instances, the courts generally rule on the side of business and law. Sometimes I think the judges, even though they run as progressives and liberals, are really just conservatives in disguise, because we don’t really have very many California type progressive rulings; and when our criminals get locked up,… Read more »