City Council approves plan for Chicago casino
The vote, 30 years in the making, came less than three weeks after Mayor Lori Lightfoot named her casino pick.
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The vote, 30 years in the making, came less than three weeks after Mayor Lori Lightfoot named her casino pick.
FBI recordings revealed new details about indicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his scheme to exchange political favors for patronage appointments. He made a joke out of it.
The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority will take higher ratings linked to the state's recent upgrades when it returns to the market to refinance debt.
S&P followed Fitch and Moody's in raising the state's ratings but the upgrades so far haven't halted the state's spread widening amid market turmoil.
The two-notch upgrade is the latest good news from Wall Street, and also applies to McPier debt.