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Illinois Supreme Court amends rules to combat unmet legal needs across state – WCIA (Champaign)
The amendments to Rule 711 will extend the length of time a law graduate may qualify for a temporary license after graduating from law school by allowing a graduate who does not pass the first bar examination administered following graduation to retain their 711 license and practice law through the next administered bar exam.
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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.
Law school enrollment collapsed after the great financial crisis. Law schools is too expensive with too few job available. As a result, law schools finances collapsed so they started taking warm bodies with lower LSAT scores to fill their seats. They also went crazy on DEI during Trump I and Biden, accepting any warm body with any sort of diversity identity, over the ability to actually be proficient. The result is seriously unqualified students graduating law school. Illinois’ most recent bar passage rate for the August test (the main test) is down to 70% from 90% or higher in past… Read more »