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Since the summer, five basketball tournaments relocated from Chicago to Indianapolis, and more conventions and meetings are considering the move, said Chris Gahl, the senior vice president of marketing and communications at the tourism nonprofit Visit Indy.
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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.
Send SPRINGFIELD to the reform school called Indiana and only send it back when it passes all relevant exams and IQ tests.
Take the hint.
Those that choose to remain in Illinois will endure unbearable agony & suffering.
Yet another act of destruction to the State provided by Pritzker. Years ago when in school it seems like the overweight kids were targets of assorted verbal attacks from their classmates. Right or wrong didn’t matter…they just were. I keep thinking that might have very well happened to our Governor and now, as an adult with daddy’s inherited money, he has bought himself a Governorship from Madigan can now get back at all the people whom he feels made fun of him back in the day. To him, in his mind, it is his turn to be the bully and… Read more »
And never coming back.
Kiss that one good bye.
Government always destroys the economic welfare for the poor honest hard working taxpayers.
Very wise!
Why haven’t all the conventions left the state of Illinois?
Coming soon! There will be more.
You mean you don’t want to pay $15,000 for a plug in at the convention center?