Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Since recreational marijuana became legalized in Illinois, it has turned into a billion-dollar-a-year industry. “We are about to erect a brand-new state of the art manufacturing hemp plant in the 21st ward,” dispensary owner Everett Berry said. “We’re looking to provide at least 200 positions.”
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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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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.
Students will be required to read and do basic math, so that will disqualify a large number of CPS students. Took a peek at the required classes and found these: *Sociology (SOC) 241 Institutional Racism Survey of racism in basic institutions of American life: education, law enforcement, health services, government, business, industry, religion, entertainment, science, and housing. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. and *Cannabis (CANBS) 114 Restorative Justice in Cannabis Exploration of the inequitable history of cannabis prohibition and harms done to communities over time. Examination of restorative justice practices for empowering early… Read more »
To top it off I wonder if one can get student loans to major in pot. This is really an up on smoke story.
On a more serious note Wirepoints readers better become stackers because soon it’ll be cheaper to roll your pot in a dollar bill than buy rolling papers with it.
How high do you need to be to get an “A” in class and graduate. Far out Man! Munchies anyone?