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Illinois needs video gambling Daily Herald
February 15, 2010
Letter to the Editor
Regardless of any legislation being proposed in the state legislature, local communities should not be prohibiting video gaming in their bars and restaurants.
Engineers give Illinois infrastructure low marks Rockford Register Star
February 11, 2010
By John Guidroz
SPRINGFIELD — A state engineering group believes the major capital construction plan approved by lawmakers last year is not enough to fully repair the state’s failing infrastructure.
Rockford in on video gambling Rockford Register Star
January 26, 2010
By Corina Curry
Video gambling will stay legal in Rockford. The Rockford City Council voted Monday night to not ban the machines, saying the money is needed to help fund vital road, building and other construction projects.
State's unemployment rate goes up to 11.1% Chicago Sun-Times
January 23, 2010
Sun-Times Media Wire
The Illinois seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2009 went up by two-tenths of a percentage point from November and is now at 11.1 percent, according to figures released Friday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES).
Deal us in on video gaming Rockford Register Star
January 24, 2010
Editorial
The Rockford City Council is expected to vote tonight on a proposal to opt out of the Video Gambling Act. We think the council should allow the electronic games.
Rock Island hikes fees and taxes, welcomes video gaming Quad-Cites Dispatch
January 18, 2010
By Brandy Donaldson
In an effort to capture new revenue, aldermen approved creating an annual licensing fee of $250 per video gambling terminal and a $60 fee per coin operated amusement machine for establishments that set up such devices -- such as coin-operated pool tables, dart boards or other games -- in their businesses.
Homer elects not to ban video gaming in village News-Gazette
January 14, 2010
By Siv Schwink, News-Gazette Correspondent
HOMER - Village trustees expressed no interested in passing an ordinance banning video gaming consoles within village limits.
Daley insider pushing for lift of city's video gambling ban Chicago Sun-Times Mayor Daley says video gambling is illegal in Chicago, and no one has asked him to overturn that ban. But that could soon change.
Video poker biz strikes back, launches pro-legalization campaign Crain's Chicago Business
January 8, 2010
Greg Hinz
Officially, the new organization — which has a Web site at backtoworkillinois.com — is a coalition of union and business groups, including the Illinois AFL-CIO, Illinois Restaurant Assn. and Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. But a spokesman — Greg Goldner, a one-time campaign manager for Mayor Richard M. Daley — confirmed that the Illinois Coin Machine Operators Assn. and the Assn. of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers are providing "several hundred thousand dollars" to get the group going.
Rockford City Council committee votes in favor of video gambling Rockford Register Star
January 5, 2010 By Thomas V. Bona, Staff Writer ROCKFORD — A City Council committee said Monday night that Rockford should not ban video gambling machines because the city needs the road, building and other projects they’ll help fund.  |
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Gaming Act allows local municipalities to receive 1/6 of the tax revenue generated.
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