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

Heidner’s plans had been cut short Tuesday morning by a terse letter from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration informing Tinley Park officials that the piece of state-owned land Heidner needed for his “racino” project no longer was for sale. The letter came days after a Tribune investigation detailed Heidner’s longstanding business relationships with a banking family whose financial involvement with mob figures helped sink a Rosemont casino, as well as a convicted bookie.

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Cook County officials say pension board’s proposed fix would cost an extra $267 million – Crain’s

A proposed permanent fix from Cook County’s Pension Fund board would cost $267 million more than expected and would achieve full funding only a few years earlier, Toni Preckwinkle’s CFO says. In draft legislation, the pension fund proposed the county make a $588 million payment in 2022, $650 million in 2023 and $717 million in 2024—about $267 million more than the county was planning on.

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