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The move comes after multiple state leaders called on the governor to lower state flags to half mast to pay tribute to lives lost to racism.
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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.
JB loves just grandstanding and jumping on the bandwagon for every progressive idea.
Outstanding, then teach the truth. Americans didn’t bring slaves to America, as America wasn’t a country when slaves arrived and there was a profession called “Slave Traders” which still exists today. Republicans fought for and free slaves and Democrats lynched them…. Further, if born in America, the person is American not a hyphenated race, legal immigrants that becomes Americans are hyphenated.
Tax freedom day for Americans this year is April 16th. In Illinois it is December 31st at 11:59 pm and starts all over at 12:00 am Jan 1st and all this governor thinks about is another state (payed) holiday and metrics. He should consider drinking some Metrecal and lose a few.
Slavery has always been abolished in the Northwest Territory (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan) since 1787 via the Northwest Ordinance.
Is this all you have to do Pritzker, Illinois has such severe problems right now and all your worried about is pandering. What about property taxes, budget not balanced, jobs that will never come back and so forth and so on. You have signal handily violated every Illinoisan constitutional rights during this Covid 19 scandal, by your science and data b.s. Pritzker you shall also be caught up in the corruption in this state, it’s just a matter of time.