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After more than a century in the Chicago area, a major publicly traded company is moving to Houston. Oak Brook, Illinois-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (Nasdaq: GLDD), the largest dredging contractor in the U.S., plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Houston next year, the company announced Oct. 22.
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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.
Those who escaped after Pritzker and Lightfoot encouraged the mobs to loot the Mag Mile made the best choice – get out before property values collapse.
The rush is on to get out.
Years ago my old investment bank and I tried to buy this guy for Houston Natural Gas . Before HNG became Enron etc .Brings a smile to an old man’s heart
Politicos talk, money walks.
Keep building the leftist utopia IL.