Video gambling machines that inhabit gas stations and bars across Illinois have been the biggest gap in a state program that allows problem gamblers to self-ban. Regulators are looking to change that, with new rules proposed today: capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinoi...

Illinois regulators move to bring video gambling under self-exclusion program

Illinois regulators propose new rules requiring ID checks to expand gambling self-exclusion to video gaming machines.

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D.C.'s own Jackson Park Golf Course

Alex Kirshner@alexkirshner.com · 4d ago

East Potomac costs $42 to play and hosts thousands of people each year. A lot of the players are beginners. A lot of them don't have that much money. A lot of them are black. This is the course Donald Trump has decided shouldn't exist, and in the past, he's been fairly explicit about why not

I'm reading the autobiography of Doom game developer John Romero and ran across this moving feature on the creator of the original Wolfenstein, Silas Warner. Worth a read www.polygon.com/features/201...

The man who made Wolfenstein

The late Silas Warner is barely remembered in gaming, but he did something extraordinary

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The vibes are simply Eberflussian

A Chicago coyote

Flying through time with the Chrono Trigger Orchestra at the Auditorium Theater 🪽⏱️

Talking wagering in Illinois with KMOX's Jade Aubrey: www.audacy.com/kmox/news/il...

Illinois gamblers lost more money last year than ever before

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www.cjr.org/the-intervie... "My brother died thirteen years ago on the sidewalk in downtown Las Vegas. ... The tragic arc of being brought there as kids so our dad could gamble at sportsbooks, to then surviving on the streets there as a homeless person and dying at thirty-six."

Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”

Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.

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pitchfork.com/story/joni-m... 🇺🇸 ❤️

Joni Mitchell Is Now Officially American

She was sworn in at a recent ceremony

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Ken Paxton was chilling with the alleged Loretto Hospital schemers illinoisanswers.org/2021/04/28/c...

Cash-Strapped Loretto Hospital Paid Millions to Companies Formed by Ousted Executive’s Pal

Before COO Anosh Ahmed resigned after hooking up friends with early vaccines, Loretto Hospital was paying millions to companies founded by Ahmed's close pal and business partner.

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Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 2w ago

UNEARTHED: Ken Paxton caught on video partying with fugitives in Dubai. The fugitives were charged with healthcare fraud and helped bankroll Paxton’s campaign.

I never do this but a few years ago on the day of Bears Packers I was driving down Damen and saw a guy wearing a Brett Favre jersey and I honked and gave him the finger

illinoisanswers.org/2026/09/28/i... More about Illinois film tax credit program, the film industry, and the giant productions and wealthy individuals the state is essentially subsidizing to the tune of about $1 billion in the past six years, can be found here ⬇️

Lights, Camera, Tax Credits

llinois lawmakers give big boost to movie industry while academics claim the Hollywood giveaway is a bad deal for taxpayers

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Governor JB Pritzker@govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2w ago

I've made it my mission to give filmmakers every opportunity to bring their productions to Illinois, while creating good jobs and opportunities for our people.

Maybe in another 100 years the Chicago White Sox will win a series at home. By then Chicago will have its parking meters back 💪

this is very good

Chicago Reader@chicagoreader.com · 3w ago

A Portage Park restaurant owner remembers Silverio Villegas González, the quiet, hardworking cook who was killed by an ICE agent. https://bit.ly/47F0Ryf

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

My latest: “They knew he had this misconduct on his record and hired him anyway.” Anjanette Young responds after the former Chicago Police sergeant fired over the raid of her home was hired by Niles and transferred to its detective bureau. (with @heathercherone.bsky.social)

CPD Sergeant Who Led Botched Raid at Home of Anjanette Young Now Working as a Suburban Police Detective

Records show the department is standing by Alex Wolinski even after an appellate court upheld his termination. Anjanette Young criticized the move: “They knew he had this misconduct on his record and ...

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When you wake up in the morning and check social media

Here's his legacy

Casey Toner@ctoner.bsky.social · 3w ago

www.chicagotribune.com/2016/04/07/d... Don't spend any time on his obit, just read this instead

I'm trying to find it but the Chicago Tribune story where the reporters identified Dennis Hastert's victims and showed what kind of human he was is one the great feats of Chicago journalism of my lifetime

WGN had a Saturday night movie slot where they showed David Cronenberg's "THE FLY." I was so freaked out I had to turn it off

Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 3w ago

In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?

Youngest USMNT scorer at 17 ... and five days.

U.S. Soccer Men's National Team@usmnt.ussoccer.com · 3w ago

CAVAN SULLIVAN THAT IS PREPOSTEROUS! #USMNT x VW

CAVAN SULLIVAN THAT IS PREPOSTEROUS! #USMNT x VW

Hell of a @chicagotribune.com scoop about some troubling allegations involving the CTU candidate for the Chicago Board of Education president www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/02/c...

CPS watchdog reopens case into allegations school board president candidate had ‘inappropriate interactions’ with minor

The Chicago Public Schools inspector general has reopened an investigation into Hilario Dominguez, a candidate for Chicago Board of Education president.

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Well looky there. Never too early to preorder! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Legend of Skokie: A Story of Free Speech and Fascism in America

An eye-opening reckoning with the most mythologized free-speech case in American history—a legend that has shaped politics for half a century.In 1977, neo-Nazis announced plans to demonstrate in Skoki...

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www.newyorker.com/culture/essa... ah this looks so good

The Cellmate Who Taught Me the Codes of Russian Prison

The journalist Evan Gershkovich details the delicate rapport he developed with his cellmate at Moscow’s Lefortovo prison.

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replay of that Cavan Sullivan run

Can anyone in the know explain what's responsible for the commercial growth in Pullman? Is it the national historic park? Logistics economy? Plp realizing the Bishop Ford exits? Been real quiet out here most of my life and now there's a hotel going up, Chick Fil-A, Dunkin, Jimmy John's, etc