Illinois Senate passes bill to add three casinos, House battle looms
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The Illinois State Senate, by a narrow vote yesterday, passed a bill that gives approval to the construction of three new casinos in the state.
The bill now heads to the House, where it’s likely to be shot down, partially as a result of an ongoing battle between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and House Speaker Michael Madigan. According to a Chicago Sun-Times article on the bill:
In the House, Madigan opposes a massive casino expansion and helped kill a similar Senate-crafted deal in June.
“I don’t know if this gets much farther,” said Madigan spokesman Steve Brown. “The darnedest thing . . . is it doesn’t deal with the RTA/ CTA problem in any way.”
