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Those who test positive are supposed to wait at least 10 days in isolation before getting tested again, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Deputy Administrator Awais Vaid said. But some, “for whatever reason, are going multiple times and getting tested in the hope that they will test negative."
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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.
UIUC has a rule gatherings must be 10 people or less. But the rules are not enforced for BLM marches. There was a Black Lives Matter (BLM) march in Champaign on Monday August 31, 2020 including some University of Illinois Urbana Champaign athletes. “A group of #Illini football players are leading hundreds of athletes, coaches, students, staff & others in a march toward the Champaign Police Department. Chanting ‘No justice, no peace, prosecute the police!'” https://twitter.com/itsallG_O_O_D/status/1300542831854059523 UIUC football player Kendrick Green organized the march. https://twitter.com/mrwagner25/status/1300537885825916934 http://www.thechampaignroom.com/2020/8/31/21409403/illinois-athletes-kendrick-green-nate-hobbs-black-lives-matter-march http://www.wandtv.com/news/u-of-i-football-players-march-in-black-lives-matter-event/article_7be3cc8e-ebef-11ea-96e9-4fcf1642f817.html https://herald-review.com/sports/illini/watch-now-this-is-love-right-here-university-of-illinois-athletes-participate-in-student-athlete/article_290e529a-8046-53b5-b1df-ca3ade4c8e09.html https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-march-and-vigil-heads-through-illinois-state-university-campus/video_fd6cd8f8-83f5-5387-a808-1cdb3f202823.html Black Girl Code at Illinois State University sponsored a protest march… Read more »
The vast majority of UIUC classes are online this semester, and after November 20th all will be online.
Thus lots of students are living in on-campus and off-campus housing simply to take a full courseload of online classes.