Days after Rick Heidner’s name popped up in a federal search warrant — and his business dealings reportedly were tied to mob figures — Gov. J.B. Pritzker held up plans to sell the land earmarked for Heidner’s racino. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration announced Tuesday it won’t sell state-owned land in Tinley Park, throwing plans for a southwest suburban “racino” off the track. The quick move comes just days after the name of one of the project’s partners appeared in a search warrant for the office of a state senator facing federal scrutiny — and after a published report linked that same partner to a banking family with reputed mob ties.

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