Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
The graduation rate at City Colleges of Chicago was as low as 7% back in 2012. Now the graduation rate may be 16% but they have been known to fudge the numbers by lowering standards and issuing degrees to dead people. Chicago State University has also struggled with low graduation rates and low enrollment–at one point many people thought CSU would close its doors. There have been a lot of scandals over the years at CCC and CSU, which causes EROSION of TRUST. Administrators and full-time faculty get fat, unsustainable SURS pensions. But, really, how many students have been able… Read more »
The amount of money sent towards the CPS should be cut by at least a third. It might get the teachers unions attention. People who fail at their basic duties should not be rewarded with steady paychecks.