Illinois Lottery selects new private manager
The Illinois Lottery formally selected a new private firm Friday to manage the state's biggest moneymaking venture, but the public must wait to learn the details of a deal with...
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Timeline: Red light cameras OK’d after campaign donations made
A private firm teamed up with Oakbrook Terrace to install cameras at a busy intersection that had the potential to generate millions of dollars per year in violations. But the...
Wounded by his own gun, robber grabs it back and fires — but it jams: ‘It was the Lord’
Marnita Carter was thinking of her kids when she heard the gun go click. Minutes earlier, as the sun was rising Saturday near her South Side bus stop, the 54-year-old...
Ex-gas station worker haunted by state paperwork mess that cost her thousands of dollars
When a tiny gas station in Lemont closed in 2013, Ruth Soukup knew she'd lose her job as manager there, but she didn't expect the financial nightmare that followed. The...
Harvey firefighters’ pension on ‘collision course’ with bankruptcy, appeals court says
In an unprecedented ruling, an appellate court declared the city of Harvey so severely neglected its firefighters' pension fund that it was on the verge of insolvency — meaning there...
Manager of UK, Irish lotteries makes pitch to run Illinois Lottery
Six years after Illinois became the first state to privatize its lottery, Illinois officials on Monday unveiled plans for a massive do-over to try to turn around the state's biggest...
Struggling Illinois Lottery closer to getting new manager
Illinois is ready to unveil the firm it hopes can boost the fortunes of its biggest moneymaking venture — the state lottery — nearly three years after the state began...
Harvey illegally diverted water cash owed to Chicago, millions missing, judge rules
In a rare move, a Cook County judge has taken away a south suburb's control over its lucrative water operations after ruling the suburb's leaders "failed to grasp the severity...
Illinois Lottery stops selling Powerball tickets after lawmakers fail to cut deal
Cash-strapped Illinois has begun turning off one of its most lucrative cash spigots as a casualty of an unprecedented budget stalemate. As of 9 p.m. Wednesday, the Illinois Lottery stopped...
Lottery to again delay large payouts due to Illinois budget woes
Illinois Lottery players should prepare for a bit of deja vu — with a twist — if Illinois leaders don't pass a budget by Friday night. Not only will the...