Illinois lawmakers passed two-dozen bills during their annual fall veto session that ended Friday, Oct. 31…
A bill aiming to revive the state’s moribund horse racing industry passed the Illinois Senate but did not receive a vote in the Illinois House.
House Bill 2724, sponsored by state Sen. Patrick Joyce, D-Essex, would sunset the extraordinary power state lawmakers granted to Hawthorne Race Course in a 2019 gaming expansion law to veto any harness racetrack development within 35 miles of its existing track in Stickney.
This is intended to put pressure on Hawthorne to develop a harness racetrack and casino in southwestern Cook County or allow another developer to do it.
