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City data shows significant declines in other categories of violent crimes including carjackings (down 51 percent), robberies (down 32 percent), aggravated assaults (down 18 percent) and aggravated batteries (down 9 percent). The number of sexual assaults recorded this year is up less than 1 percent, according to the data.
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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.
Not keeping accurate records and downgrading charges. If you watch local news, you know that this is a lie.