Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Illinois Republicans say Dems’ redistricting amendment would create more corrupt maps – Center Square
According to the filing, the priorities in order are for all districts to have near-equal populations; to provide equal opportunity for all citizens, regardless of race; the creation of districts with racial minority influence; and for district borders to be unbroken and compact. Asked about the use of vague language, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch said the legislature would address specifics when clarity is needed.
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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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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.
It should be illegal to take voter rights from Independents and Republicans. IL should not be any more gerrymandered than it already is. No racial group is excluded, by political groups are having their voices silenced by Democrats. Congressional maps should be based on citizen numbers, not by political party affiliation. The districts should be geographically congruent. Democrats always scream racism even when there is none where is the RNC, congress, and the Supreme Court? They seem not to care what Democratic communists do here. They seem to like all the fraud in IL.