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What seems to distinguish this moment’s push for racial justice in Southern Illinois is the number of gatherings that are taking place beyond the borders of the liberal-leaning university town.
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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.
I see it’s an NBC article and I won’t even click it. NBC these days is trying to out leftwing the NYT.
Totally agree re NBC at the national level. Do you regard NBC Chicago the same way? I don’t watch it enough to have an opinion, and have a low opinion about most of the local stations.
I mean, they’re all leftwing rags to some degree, but when the title of the article is “Southern Illinois Towns are Dealing with Racist Past”, it’s hard to know whether the local brand is as bad as the national brand. I only watch ABC 7 local news because that crew seems genuinely interested in reporting news instead of virtue signaling their ‘correct and progressive’ position on the issues, mostly, of course. But as for NBC’s headline, there’s so, so much going on here. First, NBC calls these southern Illinois communities towns, instead of cities, implying that these people… Read more »