Gov. Bruce Rauner halts payment of video gambling profits

The Republican governor and Democrats in the state Legislature have been at a budget impasse for weeks. And the state doesn’t have the authority to distribute video gambling profits to municipalities across Illinois without a balanced budget, Rauner spokeswoman Catherine Kelly said in a statement….Please click here to read the Associated Press story on Pantagraph.com. Phil Kadner writes a related story here in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.