Moylan pushing to get state funds released to towns, lottery winners

State Rep. Marty Moylan is pushing to get state gambling funds, gas taxes and other money released to local municipalities, and he’s been going town to town to talk to local mayors and officials to elicit support for his proposal. This week, he was at a Des Plaines city council meeting to discuss legislation he sponsored that would make the state release $1.84 billion to towns, lottery winners and the Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora, among others, that have been withheld in the ongoing budget stalemate between the governor and legislative leaders.