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Gov. Pat Quinn challenged lawmakers today to stop playing games with a gambling package as the Senate prepares to serve up legislation modeled after what the governor says he favors but that's also unlikely to pass. "Stop the delays and whatever else...

A stripped-down version gambling expansion emerged today with provisions for five new casinos, including one in Chicago, as Democratic senators rolled out their own version of legislation they say would fit into Gov. Pat Quinn’s outline of what's...

The latest gambling package emerging at the Capitol meets Gov. Pat Quinn's requirement to be smaller and would give him some — but not all — of the reforms he's seeking in return for signing off. But the new version of gambling expansion also...

A revamped version of a major gambling expansion passed an Illinois House committee today. The measure aims at meeting Gov. Pat Quinn's requirement to be smaller and would give him some — but not all — of the reforms he's seeking in return...

Nearly three-fourths of the lawmakers who voted on doubling the number of Illinois casinos accepted political contributions in the last 18 months from the gambling industry — a practice several states ban. Casinos, racetracks and video poker...

Gov. Pat Quinn said today that he’s met with sponsors of a major gambling expansion he’s criticized as “top heavy,” the first of what he says will be many meetings as he weighs whether to sign off on the measure. The gathering...

Q. Is there really "a little-known process" in Illinois government "in which the legislative leadership and special-interest groups determine which bills are debated and which ones aren't"? A. Kinda, yeah. The allegation comes from a recent Voice of the...

Posted by Ray Long, Monique Garcia and David Heinzmann at 8:55 p.m. State lawmakers are quietly exploring how to push through a major gambling expansion during next month’s fall session, the political safety zone that will open and shut for......

Posted by Joseph Ryan at 7:03 p.m. Already facing tough campaigns up and down Tuesday’s ballot, Democrats botched an early voting effort in the Chicago area. Illinois Democratic Party workers started mailing applications for absentee ballots to...

With gaming revenue dramatically dropping at Joliet’s two casinos, city officials are vehemently opposed to a proposal that would allow five more casinos and 6,000 …...

UPDATED at 8:38 p.m. by Ray Long and Monique Garcia, with other legislative action. Bulls great Michael Jordan sold a lot of Gatorade with a simple ditty: “Be Like Mike.� Now Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan suggests that’s a tune......

Arlington Park says it needs slots to survive and bills to allow the machines are likely to resurface this legislative session in Springfield, but gambling …...