
The Illinois Senate authorized a bill a week ago that would authorize six brand new land-based gambling enterprises in the state, however the proposal is stuck in limbo until lawmakers agree for a slew of other economy-boosting bills to go along side it.
Illinois State Senator Terry Link is the driving force behind major casino expansion legislation approved by the Senate week that is last. However, unless lawmakers acknowledge the remainder of this Grand Bargain it’s going nowhere fast. (
This is Illinois’ so-called ‘Grand discount,’ a legislative package which hopes to bring an end to its budget impasse and institute a group of policies aimed at fixing its monetary mess.
The two-year stand-off on spending between the Democratic-controlled House plus the state’s Republican Governor Bruce Rauner, is the longest any state has gone without a spending plan in almost a century.
It is likely to on a bit longer, too, because, last Wednesday, much of the sprawling compromise plan had been pulled in the Senate, with Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) accusing Rauner of ‘injecting himself into the procedures’ and hijacking the bi-partisan deal, which had been months into the making.
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Nevertheless the casino that is proposed, if enacted, would be transformational for Illinois’ gambling sector, ushering in an entirely new era of casinos on dry land. Presently, casino g Continue reading “Illinois Senate Approves Casino Expansion But ‘Grand Bargain’ is appearing a Hard Bargain”