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A state-hired consultant says Illinois' proposed tax structure for a Chicago casino is "very onerous" and could fail to attract an investor. Shown are video gambling machines on the Majestic Star Casino boat on July 30, 2019, in nearby Gary, which was not part of the study.

Proposed Chicago casino unattractive to investors because of ‘onerous’ taxes; South and West side sites wouldn’t draw tourists, says a state-hired consultant

August 13, 2019 at 6:31 p.m.

Prospects for a Chicago casino took a hit Tuesday after a study found that the state-approved proposal would not be viable because of "very onerous" taxes and that five South...

Marijuana plants grow in the flowering room at Illinois Grown Medicine, a medical marijuana cultivation center in Elk Grove Village, on May 6, 2019.

New law broadens access to medical marijuana, makes state program permanent

August 12, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

Access to medical marijuana has been expanded and the state's medical cannabis program is now permanent under a bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The program had been...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said the state cannot take on Chicago's unfunded pension liabilities without driving its credit rating into junk status.

Hundreds of small pension funds statewide face troubling debt. Is consolidation the way to go?

August 9, 2019 at 5:28 p.m.

Mounting debt in more than 650 police and fire pension funds statewide is squeezing municipal budgets, crowding out services and threatening to add to ever-rising property tax bills as officials...

The Illinois Capitol building in Springfield appears in May. State Comptroller Susana Mendoza's office announced Thursday that nearly $4.7 million in state worker back pay has been processed in the past two weeks.

Illinois pays out nearly $4.7 million in back pay to state employees over 2 weeks

August 8, 2019 at 8:12 p.m.

The first checks and electronic deposits are beginning to trickle in for state workers who saw some of their pay withheld during former Gov. Bruce Rauner's tenure. Illinois Comptroller Susana...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, shown at budget-signing ceremony in June, announced the creation of the Property Tax Relief Task Force to study the property tax system on Friday.

What to do about property taxes? Gov. J.B. Pritzker asks a task force to figure it out

August 2, 2019 at 6:26 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Friday creating a task force to make recommendations on ways to alleviate the rising property tax burden on Illinois homeowners. The bipartisan Property Tax...

Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton speaks during the Women's March to the Polls Early Vote Rally at Fishel Park in Downers Grove on Oct. 22, 2018.

Here’s what we know about Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton, who was indicted Friday

August 2, 2019 at 2:22 p.m.

Until his indictment Friday, Democratic state Sen. Tom Cullerton of Villa Park was perhaps best known for helping lead the legislature's inquiry into the deadly outbreak of Legionnaire's disease at...

Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker at Citigroup Center in Chicago on July 10, 2019.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs measures aimed at protecting young immigrants

July 24, 2019 at 10:45 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed a pair of bills that offer protections to immigrant youth in Illinois, with one measure allowing parents detained or deported by federal immigration officials...

The Illinois General Assembly in 2018 authorized a cost of living adjustment buyout and an inactive member buyout for state retirees.

An Illinois pension buyback program was expected to save the state $400 million last year. It fell drastically short.

July 23, 2019 at 10:11 a.m.

A pension buyout program offered to participants in the three largest state retirement systems in an effort to save Illinois hundreds of millions of dollars has fallen drastically short of...

Illinois increases possible fines for using phone while driving

July 19, 2019 at 7:50 p.m.

Illinois next year will increase the penalties for using an electronic device while behind the wheel in the state's latest effort to crackdown on distracted driving. A bill signed into...

The apartment building where Brendt Christensen, who has been charged with kidnapping visiting scholar Yingying Zhang, lives near the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Judge sentences U. of I. killer Brendt Christensen to life in prison after jury unable to decide on death sentence

July 18, 2019 at 7:24 p.m.

A federal judge sentenced Brendt Christensen to life in prison without the possibility of release on Thursday after the jury that found him guilty of kidnapping and killing Chinese scholar...

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