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Sen. Terry Link on the Senate floor at the State Capitol in 2013.

State senator who wore wire on fellow lawmaker failed to report $50,000 condo sale profit, records show

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

A Democratic state senator embroiled in a federal government corruption investigation failed to report a $50,000 profit from the sale of a Florida condominium as required on his state ethics...

Rick Heidner waits to speak in front of the Illinois Racing Board on Sept. 17, 2019, in Chicago.

Illinois Gaming Board orders gambling owner to fire two employees whose ties ‘pose a threat to the integrity of video gaming’

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

State gambling regulators on Thursday demanded that video gambling operator Rick Heidner fire his director of operations, saying the man admitted to Illinois Gaming Board investigators that he associates with...

Rick Heidner waits to speak in front of the Illinois Racing Board on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019 in Chicago.

Illinois Gaming Board moves to yank video gambling license after accusing owner of offering a $5 million ‘illegal inducement’ to betting parlor chain

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

The Illinois Gaming Board has moved to strip video gambling operator Rick Heidner of his license after accusing him of offering a $5 million "illegal inducement" to the owner of...

A man uses a video gambling machine at a bar in Rockdale on Oct. 6, 2014. A panel of Illinois lawmakers on Nov. 12, 2019, rejected the Illinois Gaming Board's emergency rule blocking video gambling operators from selling their businesses without state approval.

Despite scandal, lawmakers vote to block Illinois Gaming Board from preventing video gambling owners from selling without approval

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Less than a week after the Illinois Gaming Board attempted to stop video gambling operators from selling their businesses without state approval, a panel of lawmakers in Springfield blocked the...

The Illinois Gaming Board on Nov. 9, 2019, moved to block video gambling operators from selling their companies without state approval.

Amid scandal, Illinois Gaming Board blocks video gambling owners from selling their companies without state approval

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

The Illinois Gaming Board on Thursday moved to block video gambling operators from selling their companies without state approval in what regulators billed as an "emergency" step they hope will...

Rick Heidner, left, shakes hands with Illinois Racing Board Chairman Jeffrey Brincat at the Illinois Racing Board meeting on Oct. 15, 2019, at Trackside Villa Park OTB.

Pritzker halts sale of land for Tinley Park horse track casino after Tribune investigation

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Less than a month ago, Rick Heidner was the toast of an Illinois Racing Board hearing, hailed as a new friend and potential savior for the horse racing industry after...

Rick Heidner, center right, stands in line to address Mayor Lori Lightfoot during a budget town hall meeting on Sept. 4, 2019, in Chicago.

Video gambling owner pitching racetrack casino is in business with family whose financial ties to mob figures sunk Rosemont casino

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

A major video gambling operator who is asking the state for permission to build a southwest suburban horse track and casino has long-standing business ties to a banking family whose...

Members of the Illinois Racing Board from left, Thomas McCauley, Jeffrey Brincat, and Benjamin Reyes, listen to speakers Tim Carey, right, and Rick Heidner, left, on Sept. 17, 2019 in Chicago.

Horse racing board plays hardball with Arlington over ‘racino,’ threats to move

September 18, 2019 at 2:49 a.m.

State regulators suggested Tuesday they might refuse to allow horse racing next year at Arlington International Racecourse if the track's corporate owner doesn't reconsider a decision to pass on adding...

Cardinal Francis George speaks in 2013 at St. Stanislaus Kostka school in Chicago, where he announced the To Teach Who Christ Is campaign to raise $350 million, which was planned to set aside $150 million for a scholarship trust to save struggling schools.

Chicago Archdiocese pledged $150 million for a scholarship trust. Six years later, it holds less than a third of the money.

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

As Cardinal Francis George faced a growing financial crisis in 2013, he asked Chicago Catholics for hundreds of millions of dollars for parishes and education, with $150 million set aside...

Paramedics transport a gunshot victim at the scene where four people were shot on the 600 block of West 61st Place on July 7, 2019, in Chicago.

Man killed, 3 others wounded in shooting in Humboldt Park

July 5, 2019 at 1:03 a.m.

A man was killed in a shooting on the West Side that also wounded three other men late Thursday morning, Chicago police said. The four were standing in a group...

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