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Pritzker said the state plans to continue with its current strategy of implementing restrictions in specific locations seeing increased positivity rates. "We have resurgence plan in place. It has worked as regions have gone into it and they've come out of it."
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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.
Pritzker will lock-down Illinois again. Right before the election. And when Trump wins he will punish the voters by locking down Illinois indefnitely.
NBC fear mongers.
People have a tendency to stay indoors more in the colder months.
There is not a single news outlet in Chicago that supports Chicagoans or mankind at all. They all bow down and serve up everything from the mob. They never report anything except doom and gloom. It’s not going away after 11/4 either.
Stay at home order for all the politicians only would be the best order. Better yet pols should be ordered to go out of state/country and not come back EVER!. Let the rest of us go about our daily business.