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“Now it’s time for me to get some of those benefits that I paid into for years and years. And now that it’s time to do that its disappointing that I now have to go through these hoops and hurdles to do so,” said Jonathan Robinson, who left his job in April to care for his two children after the schools shut down. “And I’m still waiting. Still waiting.”
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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.
It’s about time people realize that gig workers do not pay into unemployment so they are entitled to absolutely nothing. You don’t pay into the system, you get nothing. Enough of this pandering to artists, musicians, comedy people , would be actors and especially community activists. Get a real job, get educated, pay into the system and stop working for cash in an attempt to evade taxes.
Absolutely, they should be paying into unemployment. If our legislators weren’t too busy spending their time being crooks they’d come up with a mechanism. Then these gig workers would see the ramifications of not reporting all their income.