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Legalized sports betting has officially launched in Illinois. This week, a casino in suburban Chicago opened the state’s first place for gamblers to…
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Friday signed into law a long-awaited $45 billion infrastructure plan.The money will help restore the state’s crumbling roads…
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Chicago, Rockford, and Southern Illinois will get the casinos they’ve been fighting to get for years.In a special session Saturday and Sunday, lawmakers…
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Illinoisans will soon pay more for gasoline and cigarettes. Those are just two tax increases needed to pay for a $45 billion infrastructure plan, which…
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The usual May 31st deadline for the Illinois General Assembly passed last night, but lawmakers are not yet done with their work.Democrats racked up a…
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Friday is the last day of the Illinois General Assembly’s scheduled spring legislative session, and lawmakers still have a long list of things to…
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With only three full days left in the Illinois Spring legislative session, the long-awaited gaming expansion plan is still under wraps. Only lawmakers and…
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With only four days left in the Illinois legislative session, some lawmakers say they are ready to move forward with a gambling expansion proposal. But…
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With only one week left in the spring legislative session, lawmakers are still trying to piece together a final sports betting proposal, but issues…
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Recreational pot, construction projects and more — here’s what we know.When Gov. J.B. Pritzker introduced his freshman budget this winter, he proposed a…