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Two-thirds of voters polled favored a “fair tax” in March. On Election Day that flipped to 55% opposing it. Illinois lawmakers are now faced with a choice: Continue cutting core services for Illinoisans in need, or address skyrocketing public pension costs crowding those services out of the state budget.
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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.
They blame everyone and everything but themselves. This was a poor idea put forth. They wanted to run with taxes till the end of time and no one to limit them. Someone –a lot of someones held them in place and they will have to think of legal and legitimate manners of obtaining money for the state–I have one–Pritzker–Lard Boy needs to pay his taxes that he has not since he doesn’t have toilets in one of his many homes. He should dole over his salary to the state just as Trump does as Pritzker is part of the BILLIONAIRE… Read more »