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
I feel dumber for reading this article. I don’t even understand the point of this article. JB Pritzker was supposed to be in Springfield more to meet with lobbyists even though there was as, according to the article, “disjointed, deliberately uncoordinated legislative calendar”? Also, why is he suggesting that the Bears get better lobbyists? Is not lobbying the exact same ‘special interests’ that JB Pritzker claims to be against, because he’s a man of the people? Rich Miller suggests that JB will not escape political blame for losing the Bears…I think this is more wishful thinking. JB’s polls show he… Read more »
“Pritzker also said he’d be “happy” to call a special session, but only if the Bears “figure out how they can get the Legislature, both sides around the same bill. – first of all, the democrats have a supermajority in both houses. Secondly, he is the governor and should be driving the issue. The issue has been there for four years. He shoved Gotion up the fanny of Manteno while giving massive tax breaks. He used the hapless Bears to demonstrate his non existent fiscal restraint as part of his ramp up for a run for president. Fortunately his fiscally… Read more »
Putzger will do his putzger thing. Point fingers ,blme everyone or say he did it for the good of the citizens. It’s ego. The man won’t accept the fact that his ideology on how to run this state is killing us.