The Chicago Bears saga continued this week as Illinois lawmakers unveiled updated legislation aimed at keeping the team in the state. Seemingly still a minor step in the right direction, the legislation is a prerequisite for the team to build a new domed stadium in suburban Arlington Heights.

While Illinois lawmakers debate a bill meant to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois, officials in Hammond, Indiana, have been patiently waiting in the wings.

Americans for Prosperity Illinois says megaprojects legislation that cleared the Illinois House could give a proposed development near Soldier Field more than double the tax breaks the Chicago Bears might receive for a proposed stadium in Arlington Heights.

The Chicago Bears’ gleaming new home is likely going to be built in Illinois. A massive push from neighboring Indiana looked to have persuaded the franchise to cross state lines when it

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The plan would allow the charter NFL franchise to make special payments to taxing bodies in the northwest suburbs — known as Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT — rather than paying regular property taxes.