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The city touted that nearly 84% of its workforce of more than 30,000 employees is fully vaccinated and pledged this week to follow through on putting workers who missed Monday’s deadline on “no-pay status,” but offered no timeline. The move could potentially have the most serious consequences at the Chicago Fire Department.
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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.
Heroes one year; zeroes the next. That’s the Chicago Way!
Tribune giving Lori an assignment, go after the firefighters! Clumsy instigators could care less about who’s vacc’d! They want a fight to cover up the real malfeasance.
They all need to hold the line. Stay strong. Not Comply and hopefully are in the works of suing the City big time. God Bless all of them.