Bally’s falls far short of $250M casino stock sale target, says more offerings to come – Crain’s

Bally’s Chicago casino raised $5.5 million in a long-awaited stock offering yesterday. The company also raised $25.6 million from private investors at the same prices as the IPO, according to a filing today with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Together, the two stock sales are far short of the $250 million Bally’s intends to raise while providing minorities a significant ownership stake. Bally’s says the IPO is the first of a series of offerings it plans.

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Rahm Emanuel: Illinois Is Gerrymandered, ‘I Have Participated’ – Breitbart

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” CNN Senior Political and Global Affairs Commentator, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, former Obama Chief of Staff, and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged that Illinois is a heavily gerrymandered state and admitted “I have participated in it” but argued that it’s different from Texas because “it was done exactly when the Census data was done, not mid-cycle, not mid-game.”

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Rep. Mary Miller to Introduce Bill Combating Illinois Law Requiring ‘Invasive’ Student Mental Health Screenings – Breitbart

Rep. Miller is expected to reintroduce her bill on Friday, called the Parents Opt-In Protection Act, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. The bill would require prior written consent from a parent or guardian, or from the student if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, before a school could administer a survey about a student’s sensitive personal information.

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Private Pools Across Chicago Shut Down All Summer Thanks To Health Dept. Delays – Block Club Chicago

In interviews, building managers and local pool contractors described a excessively complicated and short-staffed state inspection and approval process that has led to prolonged pool closures and inspection delays that have stretched for months, if not years, even though the work to replace a drain cover is relatively simple and often takes less than a day of labor.

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