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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville administrators had known the shortfall had been looming as operational expenses have increased and enrollment has grown stagnant or declined in recent years.
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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.
Look at the important things at SIUE these days. For one its now in division 1 sports and, despite declining enrollment, it has more new buildings and more employees too. Thats what Illinois education is all about isn’t it- sports and jobs for the unions
How many DEI administrators (all +$100k salary, the benefits on top) are at SIUE? Maybe that non-academic, period cost overhead should be cut first?
Whew! For a brief moment I thought they would close the PSYCHIC department. All they know is more taxes are coming.
I’m sure there aren’t many physics majors at SIUE…I’m known several physics majors in my life and every one of them has gone to very selective, highly competitive college, because physics is an extremely difficult subject.
You are very right that physics is extremely difficult. When I earned my BS in physics over 50 yrs ago from UI there were only 29 people completing that program. It is a very general program that does not teach useful job skills. It is virtually impossible to obtain employment with only a BS physics and I strongly advise new college students to avoid the subject. The only reason that I made it from ghetto to middle class were hobby interests that highly impacted my skills as a R&D engineer. Twenty-one years later I was financially secure enough to obtain… Read more »
My son, who had/has a very similar academic and work path as you, would agree that getting his undergrad in physics from a good school didn’t make him marketable to employers, despite what the school’s brochure trumpeted. He’s doing well now in the professional workforce but also had to go back to grad school first.
Yes, why would you go to SIUE to major in physics? If you can’t get accepted at a good school to major in physics, you can always go to SIUE and major in something else. I don’t think SIUE is on the radar screen of many employers looking for physics graduates.
Did they prioritize by avoiding who would squeak the loudest once the proposal would be announced? Scientists generally don’t have noisy protests and lots of press attention.