ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Horse racing in Illinois would plummet, threatening thousands of jobs at tracks and across Illinois agribusiness, under a plan by Churchill Downs, Inc., to upend its obligation to live racing and usurp the state’s authority to determine the racing schedule.Churchill Downs Aims to Cut Racing, Threatening Jobs in Illinois
June 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Horse racing in Illinois would plummet, threatening thousands of jobs at tracks and across Illinois agribusiness, under a plan by Churchill Downs, Inc., to upend its obligation to live racing and usurp the state’s authority to determine the racing schedule.
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