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* Casino fight goes up in smoke

Some of the association’s individual casino members are softening their positions against smoking bans, saying they would support a nationwide, federal ban - especially if it included tribal casinos. With such a blanket prohibition, the logic goes, no one casino could benefit by allowing smoking - and drawing smokers from a non smoking casino.

* Vallas says odds are long on another run at governor

* Kadner: Giants doing battle to control cable TV

* Bradley preparing for a big week in Springfield

* Opinion: State must raise cap on charter schools

* IIS Radio: Cocaine drink, Internet safety, library filters

* ISU contacted as part of student loan probe

* Report: Early treatment breaks cycle of crime

* Cops say kids to attend classes less likely to commit crimes

* Illinois lawyers seek to resurrect tobacco case

* Parent group lobbies for recess bill

* Alcohol company alters ad reach

* Editorial: Madigan threatens to sue beverage company

* Secretary of State’s daughter suing police over arrest

* Editorial: General Assembly should allow Harper to test 4 year degree

* Clinton won’t concede Chicago to Obama

“We are competing across the country and I wanted to be sure that I had a chance to come here to let the people in this city and state know that I don’t consider Chicago or Illinois off limits to me,” the New York senator told reporters as she was surrounded by members of a group of mostly black ministers that she had met with at a downtown hotel.

* Will ban snuff out taverns?

* Opinion divided on state smoking ban

* Osbourne: Thanks to the state for smoking ban

* Roeper: Smoking ban could use case of stage fright

* Sneed: CTA cuts and Clinton/Daley

* Chicago teacher’s union challenger pins campaign on school violence

posted by Paul Richardson
Tuesday, May 8, 07 @ 8:30 am

Comments

I was wondering why your updates dont mention illeagal immigrants are threatining a state senator. It has recieved some coverage but I was wondering if there is a bias involved in your ignoring a group of criminals threatining a state senator if she doesnt vote to give them there way.

Comment by fed up Tuesday, May 8, 07 @ 9:08 am
New CTA boss Ron Huberman is this close to eliminating office jobs in the upper levels of management and administration as early as this week. Cut. Cut. Cut. Snip. Snip. Snip. Isn’t belt-tightening slimming.
But watch for these belt-tightening casualties to re-surface in other areas of State of Illinois government.
With even fatter salaries, It’s a HUGE SHELL GAME!

Comment by All An Illusion! Tuesday, May 8, 07 @ 9:11 am
“Fed Up,” can’t you even wait to complain until I have finished posting stories this morning? Take a deep breath, please.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, May 8, 07 @ 9:13 am
Rich, while not part of the morning shorts, can you come up with a good question of the day regarding gas prices? Here is a suggestion. Many people insist on buying American made cars because they want to support American workers (or its just a sense of American pride). Others buy American cars because good paying union jobs are on the line if American car sales plummet. With the price of gas approaching $4 per gallon, do you continue to purchase big american cars, or do you purchase a foreign car with better gas mileage, perhaps even a hybrid?

Comment by Number 8 Tuesday, May 8, 07 @ 9:29 am
Do casino owners really believe that a federal smoking ban should also cover native american casinos? This thinking would lead me to believe that the casino owners are the descendents of the same folks that felt that they had the right to take the native americans from their land and banish them to another place.

Comment by i d Tuesday, May 8, 07 @ 10:30 am
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/gasmileage/

OK so I can go shell out the bucks for a Honda Insight to get 60 mpg city for an average yearly fuel cost of $405, or keep driving my Jeep Liberty for an average yearly fuel cost of $1155.

I don’t believe that I can pay for the Insight with the $750 in fuel savings per year.

Comment by anon Tuesday, May 8, 07 @ 12:10 pm
Tell me again why casinos think that they’re not already loosing business from gamblers who do not desire to play in smoke-filled casinos. It would seem to me that smoke-free casinos would not only be a good public health policy but would also be a competitive advantage for any such casino.

Is this an acknowledgement by casinos that most gamblers are also smokers? Could they be betting on the idea that both activities are prone to addiction? Surely, they’re not considering that somone addicted to tobacco might also be more easily addicted to gambling, are they?

Comment by Squideshi Tuesday, May 8, 07 @ 12:43 pm