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"Specifically, should Springfield have the power to tax Illinoisans — every one of us — in new ways and at higher rates? That could include the power to create a new tax bracket on retirement income. And the power to hike taxes on 100,000 small businesses immediately, as they struggle to climb out of the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression."
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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.
Illinois is billions of dollars in debt. Illinois Democrats will never reform their spending and will never challenge their Public Sector Union puppet masters. So instead, they will tax the citizenry to death in countless ways: Tax on retirement income. Tax on investment income. Tax on rental property income. Tax on interest income. City of Chicago income tax. Cook County income tax. Township income tax. Ward income tax. Tax on red haired people. Tax on left handed people. You name it; they will tax it.