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As early as next week, the entire state could be facing Pritzker’s controversial “mitigations” that are packing the latest wallop to the state’s decimated bar and restaurant industry. East-Central Illinois was the latest of 10 of the state’s 11 regions to be hit with indoor dining restrictions.
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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.
I still would like to know how many of the people dying from Covid are/were smokers/vaping and what medications they were on before contracting the virus? This would give an indication by a random sampling of a common link between those who died but this would never be made public due to possible litigation if in fact it were to be traced back to certain medications. Remember Valsartan was recalled due to having contaminants that could cause cancer and a long time back Bextra/Vioxx were recalled with dozens more. Most of our medications are made overseas and who knows what’s… Read more »
There are people in the hospital but it does not mean that they are there due to C-19. They might be there because they were unable to get their cancer treatment earlier in the year because medical appt were cancelled for everything due to Jag Boy’s over reach. They do not classify why there are people in the hospital or why they are in the ICU but they amplify the issue that people are in the hosptial.