Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
The state university system is collapsing and permitting illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition is a last ditch, hail mary attempt to increase admissions. The state even gives away tuition for free to poor students with poor academic records and no, or low, standardized test scores, and that can’t even reverse the long term trend of declining enrollment. They haven’t even addressed the demographic cliff yet either that every year going forward for the next 18 years there will be fewer graduating 18 year olds than the year before. My guess is that in 10-15 years, maybe sooner, at least… Read more »
Go ahead and fill the colleges with illiterates and others that automatically have points added to their test scores. Meanwhile, online and Christian colleges seem to be doing just fine.
This legislation makes things plain as day. Pritzker puts illegals above US citizens.
“Yet, Democrats said this bill will create equity and ensure all students have the same opportunity to earn a college degree.” – how many US citizen legal residents of IL don’t get into U of IL because of foreign students paying full tuition or above? Is this equity for US citizens and IL students? This issue has nothing to do with equity and everything to do with eroding the meaning of citizenship for the purpose of pandering to future votes. When our state government offers billions to illegals where do we think more illegals will flock? This is another form… Read more »
Will the colleges also be required to have teachers have translation assistance for our foreign buddies ?