(AP) - With three days left in the fall legislative session, Illinois leaders are still trying to figure out what to do, if anything, on cutting government pensions costs, expanding gambling, placating companies that are threatening to leave the state and more.
Lawmakers are due at the Illinois Capitol on Tuesday to try to resolve a number of the issues. Chief among them is a broad jobs package that legislative leaders and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn have been talking about. It started after legislation to help the major financial exchanges in Chicago didn't go anywhere. The exchanges have threatened to leave the state over taxes.
The main proponent of gambling expansion in the Illinois Senate also expects a vote on a bill to add more casinos in Illinois, including one in Chicago.
