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The Cook County Health and Hospitals system already has laid off more than 70 nonunion administrative and manager employees to save $5 million this year and is working to eliminate or renegotiate its contracts with outside agencies to recover another $30 million. More Cook County employees could stand to see furloughs and layoffs as well.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
About time the government and its employees faced the reality of the situation. Rumbling the taxpayer for more is not gonna work Madam President. No bail out from DC. My business was shut down by Government. I have barely survived, taking on a job at a hardware store to make some money, where at least I am deemed an ‘essential worker’. How can it be that issuing the annual car sticker notice to my home in May is considered essential? Why have government employees not been furloughed or suffered? Most received full pay AND a stimulus check, whilst on a… Read more »
Keep laying off! The world needs more dog groomers.