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
Northwestern is long overdue on establishing PILOT agreements with both Chicago and Evanston (“payment in lieu of taxes”), to compensate municipal governments for some if not all of property tax revenue lost due to Northwestern’s tax-exempt ownership status for its real estate property. Shame on Northwestern, still expecting its residential neighbors in Evanston and Chicago to substantially subsidize Northwestern’s enormous property holdings.
Don’t call it “reparations” – call it PILOT agreement payments.
Northwestern should enroll black students regardless of their test scores, grades, etc. to show Northwestern is serious about equity.
Evanston Reparations Racketeers Are Running Out Other People’s Money
If this isn’t extortion, I don’t know what is.