Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Continue on line learning for CPS students with their teachers in the sunny Caribbean. Teachers deserve a nice tan, umbrella drinks and lots of nightlife.
32 Aldermen reject science!
So 34 out of 50 (68%) alderman have concerns about opening the schools. These are the people that represent the voters. Clearly the voters of Chicago don’t want schools open. CTU is again giving its’ voters exactly what they want. If the voters don’t want the schools open then that’s exactly what they will get.
You are correct.
Or maybe the unions are getting exactly what they have been paying for with their massive donations all these years – representatives who support what the union wants.
The parents, students, teachers and the union all want this.
Except the taxpayers who are footing the bill. They want the schools to reopen.
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/3/22210720/cps-chicago-public-schools-pandemic-reopen-covid-mitch-mcconnell-letters
“Parents can’t trust CPS to open schools safely
Some 70% of CPS parents plan to keep their students home, learning remotely in January, regardless of the district’s promises.”