Gov. Pat Quinn dismissed calls
for a gambling expansion bill at a press conference yesterday, claiming
state lawmakers hot on the gaming bill are "distracted by shiny
objects."
A Chicago law firm released a report yesterday that, since 2003, the
city of Chicago spent $63 million legally defending police officers
accused of misconduct.
Chicago police officers have often been the immediate target of NATO
protests, but the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police has its own act of
defiance prior to Sunday's NATO summit.
