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Trump administration gives Illinois nearly $300 million to replace toxic lead pipes – WBEZ (Chicago)
The major investment is part of a $2.9 billion national funding package from the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency. Illinois received about 10 percent of the federal dollars — the largest allocation among all 50 states.
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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.
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Trumps fault – on wait don’t publish that.
Braindead will try and use that money instead of the loan they got denied for the schools. Wait and see
I hope there are tight constraints on how that money is used. There was funding released for this same thing in the recent past – albeit in different programs and tranches. Wonder if anyone has any idea where that went?