Editorial: Study Indian gaming impact in Connecticut

Editorial: Study Indian gaming impact in Connecticut (March 13, 2006)

"Imagine there's an industry in Connecticut that's generating money by the wheelbarrow-full for the state's tax coffers. But there's a hitch: The industry threatens the welfare of as many as half of the people who engage in it. You'd expect...

Potawatomi lobbyist fights Menominee casino

Potawatomi lobbyist fights Menominee casino (March 13, 2006)

A lobbyist for the Forest County Potawatomi Tribe has been busy generating opposition to the Menominee Nation's proposed off-reservation casino. Both tribes are based in Wisconsin and the Menominees are hoping to build their casino in Kenosha. But lobbyist Malcolm...

McKosato: Gaming revenues being put to good use

McKosato: Gaming revenues being put to good use (March 13, 2006)

"It's a question many have pondered: What do New Mexico's American Indian tribes do with all those casino revenues? The short answer is: Almost anything that serves the needs of the tribes and builds their economic self-sufficiency. These include developing...

Editorial: Bill brings needed reform to gaming

Editorial: Bill brings needed reform to gaming (March 13, 2006)

"Public alarm over the possibility of a huge Indian casino project plunked down practically next to Denver could be permanently calmed if a bill just introduced in Congress makes its way into law. That would be a relief to most...

House Resources Committee  hearing on IGRA bill

House Resources Committee hearing on IGRA bill (March 13, 2006)

The House Resources Committee is holding a hearing this Wednesday on H.R.4893, a bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The bill rewrites Section 20 of IGRA in order to make it harder to open casinos on off-reservation sites....