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Illinois has had the ability to implement a short-time compensation program since 2014, but Pritzker has refused to act during the current crisis. Had Illinois implemented this program, the state could have saved an estimated 31,795 jobs – more than the number of jobs lost in the past week and more than all the jobs in Danville, Illinois.
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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.
Thanks for all of the hard work Wirepoints! We would never see half this information in MSM.
The Dictator doesn’t want Illinoisans working. He wants all Illinoisans to be on welfare, totally dependent on him for food, shelter, clothing, healthcare and everything else needed to survive. This is what the Democrats want on a national scale
Why do that when it is just one more thing to blame on Trump.
Pritzker doesn’t do anything that is in the best interest of the people of Illinois only in the best interest of his family–hence the “working” farm in Wisconsin and early on other members of HIS family going to Florida –probably at the expense of the Illinois citizen