Probe ordered after reports of bingo abuses
Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fahner ordered an investigation into whether nonprofit groups with bingo licenses misuse their status. The probe follows a Chicago Tribunes report alleging groups fail to meet their filed charitable purposes. Senate leaders call for tougher bingo laws to curb large commercial halls.
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Chicago
Illinois
Tyrone Fahner
Fahner
Chicago Tribune
Attorney General's Charitable Trusts Division
Fahner Sai
Senate
Philip Rock
D-Oak Park
Rock
Legislators Back SIU Dental School Fight Over Funding
East St. Louis lawmakers pressed the Illinois Board of Higher Education committee weighing the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine SDM amid debate over university pressure to consolidate. They noted SDM's role in stemming Illinois dentist shortages and highlighted regional poverty and local impact while the panel prepares a December report.
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J.L. Schmidt
East
IBHE
SDM
Alton
East St. Louis
Celeste Stiehl
R-Belleville
Wyvelier Younge
Kenneth Hall
Deast St. Louis
Diego Redondo
Deerfield
Broad
Hall
U of I
Younge
University of Illinois
Herschel Garrett
East St
SIU
Illinois
SIU Board of Trustees
Shurtleff College
Stevenson predicts Democratic gubernatorial nomination
Former U S Senator Adlai E Stevenson III forecast he will be the unanimous Democratic choice when state leaders meet November 18 to pick a governor candidate. He cited a survey of the 24 member State Central Committee showing ten endorsers, with Chicago bloc member Scott Hodes among them.
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U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Democratic Party
Stevenson
Democratic State Central Committee
Scott Hodes
Walker criticizes Thompson for drinking at NIU game
Gov. James R. Thompson aides urged ex Gov. Dan Walker to lighten up after Walker accused Thompson of setting a bad example by drinking at a Northern Illinois University football game. Thompson reportedly accepted more than one drink while mingling with fans despite NIU policy.
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Springfield
James R. Thompson
Dan Walker
Walker
Thompson
Northern Illinois University
David Fields
Rein
Fields
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