* Officials: 10th license winner coming soon

Officials are confident the state’s 10th casino license - which has been tied up in litigation for the last decade - finally will be given out this year.

Sixty applications for the lucrative and final gambling license have been sent out so far, said officials from a firm in charge of evaluating suitors before the Illinois Gaming Board makes the final call.

“There’s been a high degree of interest, which is good,” said David Luwisch, a director at Credit Suisse, said Wednesday.

Applications are due Oct. 14, and the next day Credit Suisse will announce the entities that bid, how many millions they are prepared to ante up, and proposed project locations before whittling the list down to three finalists.

* The Illinois toll-pay

* ‘Booters are human beings‘

* City employee shot while booting vehicle

* Booters just do their jobs, treat them with decency

* What’s behind door No. 1 for Stroger? Extra $740 million

“Responsible governments don’t borrow money to pay the bills especially after raising taxes to record levels.” Claypool said. “What Todd Stroger is saying is he’s borrowing money to pay the bills even though he just raised your [sales] taxes by $420 million. He’s showing extraordinary financial mismanagement and arrogance.”

* Stroger Defends Borrowing Plan

* County Board Aruges Billion-Dollar Borrowing Plan

* The Watchdogs: Clout corner

* City revenues drop, but Daley offers no hints at fixes

* Durbin and Sauerberg will debate

Durbin and his Republican challenger, Dr. STEVE SAUERBERG of Willowbrook, have agreed to participate in a televised forum and a radio debate.

Both candidates will appear on “Chicago Tonight” on WTTW-TV, the PBS station in Chicago at 7 p.m. Oct. 6. The forum will be hosted by program part-time host and contributor CAROL MARIN, said MARY FIELD, executive producer.

* CPS scholarship money doubles

* Test results a mixed bag again in 2008

* Clerk’s office releases tax rates

* Property tax bills won’t reflect drop in home values

* 1st African-American woman elected to Chicago City Council dies at 90

“She was still driving her car at age 90,” her son said in a telephone interview. “She enjoyed shopping, going to casinos, living life very large. She was enjoying her retirement.”

* Groundbreaking Former Alderman Anna Langford Dies

* How a little ceramic figurine will change a mayors race.

* Durbin, Obama support VA medical center