Off-Track Betting Bill Paved but Alive in Illinois
A House committee gutted the OTB proposal while keeping it alive as a vehicle bill for negotiation. Gov. Thompson and House Speaker Madigan weigh revenue splits among track owners, horsemen, local governments, and state government amid a task force endorsement and projected $800 million in three years. Supporters see potential economic boosts. opponents warn of crime and gambling expansion.
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Springfield
Illinois
House
General Assembly
James Thompson
E.J
Zeke
Giorgi
Rockford
Michael Madigan
Madigan
OTB
Thompson
Joel Giniss
Chicago Time Commission
Thompson to seek agriculture bureau
Gov. James Thompson announced plans to ask the General Assembly for 237000 to create a Bureau of Agricultural Development in Illinois. The bureau would promote rural economic growth, identify new agricultural industries, and attract jobs, with July 30 as a target start if funded.
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Champaign
James Thompson
General Assembly
Bureau of Agricultural Development
Thompson
Future Farmers of America Group
Don Norton
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Norton
Illinois
Bethalto minister pleads innocent in $11,000 embezzlement case
Rev. Joseph H. Cush 52, pastor of the Church on the Way in Alton, pleaded innocent in Madison County Circuit Court to a felony theft charge involving about $11,000 embezzled from DAdrian Gardens Convalescent Center in Godfrey between June 1981 and March 1984. He was released on $25,000 bond.
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Edwardsville
Bethalto
Joseph H. Cush
Alton
Madison County
Gerald McGivern
Cush
D’adrian Gardens Convalescent Center Inc
Godfrey
Jere Juenger
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation
Clinton
Illinois House panel approves funeral directors bill
An Illinois House committee backed a bill requiring funeral services and select burial merchandise to be sold only by licensed funeral directors. It also bans funeral business telephone solicitations, aiming to ensure consumers deal with qualified professionals amid a turf battle in the $200 million industry. The measure advances to the House floor on a 7-3 vote.
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Springfield
Illinois House Committee
Victor Wirth
Illinois Retired Teachers Association
Wirth
Illinois Funeral Directors Association
House Registration and Regulation Committee
John Hallock
Rockford
Illinois
Harvey Lapin
Chicago
Robert Ninker
Funeral Directors’ Group
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Competition
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Joe Joyce
Arlington Park Racetrack
Arlington Heights
Joyce
Agriculture Bureau
Kenny Smith
Verneils Truck Service
Herrin
Illinois 13
Interstate 57
Marion
Loren Edward Spies
Goose Lake
Iowa
Southern Illinoisan
Dwight Nalk
Spies
Marion Memorial Hospital
Clinton Nuclear Power Plant
Illinois Power Co
al Adams
Baldwin Associates
Oks Funeral Directors
Mayer Brothers Motor Sales
A.P.R
GMC
Mayer Brothers
Mofor Sales, Inc
Cosmetic Department
Williamson County
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