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"Unfortunately, the virus doesn’t make exceptions, and it would be ill-advised to make exceptions to the rules we put in place as the best mitigations to stop the spread," a spokeswoman for the governor said in a statement. "As the CDC has noted, bars and restaurants are major places of transmission risk. We’ll continue to provide support to businesses that are hard hit through our $630 million in grants."
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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.
All an Act!
Lootfoot and pritzger are really in lockstep!
Just what I was going to comment but you have said it. Total “argument” for show and scam.
This guy makes my skin crawl. Completely corrupt. Even Steveie Wonder could see this coming in the week before the election.
This should make for good reading
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/s/haliz/emails-secret-reports-show-politics-science-guiding-pritzker
Thanks, but we all knew that. The larger issue is that testing was performed in order to abuse people by pointing to XYZ instead of looking at patients, we just look at manipulable data. Yes.
But the Dictator made exceptions for his daughter, wife, and BLM
The compassionate dictator argues with the compassionate central planner over whose compassion is most appropriate. The people have no choice in the level of compassion care they desire. If you do not like your compassion care plan, you can move to a location which has a different plan. Plan comparison is not easy. There is no single website with state by state, county by county, muni by muni compassion care charts. And the charts change without notice anyways. If you do not like your compassion care plan, you can move, as each is a one size fits all plan. The… Read more »
Lard boy has NO idea what he is doing.
HE wants to make Illinois a socialist state.
pritzger knows Exactly what he is doing.
Correct tho’ socialist not far enough – full Commie. Potential gulags and all, first Canada then a suburb near you.
Protesting and looting do not count. Lard boy’s family left the state many times.
Except protests and riots of course….