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When asked about his administration’s COVID-19 response, Pritzker says that while there are lessons he wants to take forward, he also is proud of the way the state has come out of the worst of the pandemic. "Illinois has one of the highest vaccination rates in the Midwest, and one of the lowest mortality rates in the Midwest. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished in this terrible crisis.”
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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.
After all the data coming out about the ineffectiveness of the mrna shots, the harm they cause to the human body, the shutdowns of Illinois businesses, the discrimination against the unvaccinated, and you’re still proud JB? What a lying POS!
Gonna steal this election, too?
Our LoL governor JB says he is proud of the way the state has come out of the worst of the pandemic. He is still signing emergency EO’s. 35,000 lives lost in Illinois under his direction. He talks about mortality rate (probably per capita data), that should be comforting to the families of the 35,000. Get out and vote.