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“There are two ways to force the speaker to bargain with us. One way is through the courts and the other way is through labor action like a strike. Considering we are public servants and we’re trying to avoid impacting the people of Illinois as much as possible, we decided to go through the court system,” lead plaintiff Brady Burden said.
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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
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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
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Why isn’t the NLRB involved like they are with Starbucks, Amazon and others?
NLRB doesn’t have jurisdiction for public employees.
I love the irony how everyone else can unionize except for the speaker’s own minions.