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Chicago ranked as the weakest for the third consecutive year in a rating of the housing market in 25 major cities around the world.
Of the 25 cities covered by this year’s which attempts to determine where housing markets are overinflated and risk a downturn, Chicago is the only city whose homes UBS rates as undervalued.
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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.
The rest of the country has figured it out. Stay away from Chicago and Illinois. The ship is sinking. Send your thank you note for this disaster to Pritzker, Madigan and Lightfoot.
Government has taxed away your equity.
Not going to get better, it will get worse.
High taxes destroy property values.
The weakness will only get worse if Kim Foxx continues to let violent criminals return to our streets, and Lightfoot continues her verbal beatdown of our police. Who is going to want to always have to be hyper vigilant, and never truly relax? Plenty of other cities and regions in the US offer that opportunity. Unfortunately for us, those two seem to be staying on course. They understand what they are doing, I hope Cook County residents are learning that also. Although, from the lack of public outcry, I doubt it.