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More than 180 unfunded mandates were proposed just last year, and 30 of those were passed and sent to the governor. Twenty-nine unfunded mandates were sent to the governor in 2022, and 35 were sent to the governor in 2023.
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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.
Should have made this clear. Talking about unfunded liabilities other than pension liabilities, primarily healthcare. You know, unfunded liabilities whose cost can’t really be determined.
Extremely important topic. State and local debt has been widely discussed. While not widely discussed, the unfunded liabilities could be as high as the debt. Nobody really knows. For example, as dire as the $36 trillion in federal debt is, it is much worse that what is reported publicly. The existing U.S.-published national debt, which consists of debt held by the public and intragovernmental holdings, including debt held by Social Security and Medicare trust funds, is currently at $36.1 trillion. That debt does not include trillions in unfunded obligations. THE TRUE FEDERAL DEBT IS PROBABLY BETWEEN $100-200 TRILLION