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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Scott Holland & Jonathan Bilyk News


Operators of Dotty's, Stella's, Shelby's gambling cafes sue state over revenue rules

By Scott Holland & Jonathan Bilyk |
The owners of two groups operating many of the video gambling establishments in strip malls and other locations across Illinois have sued the Illinois Gaming Board, arguing one board policy and two provisions of the state’s 2009 Video Gaming Act are unconstitutionally depriving them of the chance to negotiate better business deals for a larger share of the revenue they generate. 

CPS lawsuit: IL pension funding rules + lower relative funding = discriminatory ed funding imbalance

By Scott Holland & Jonathan Bilyk |
Saying Illinois state government has created a funding imbalance, in part, by requiring the Chicago Public Schools to divert money from education to fund worker pensions, when it places no similar demands on the state’s other school districts, CPS has now asked the courts to step in and force the state to rewrite its school funding rules.