Maine gaming panel begins work

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2002

The Maine Casino Task Force began its work on Tuesday but is already behind schedule.

The 18-member commission, which includes a Maine tribal representative, is supposed to finalize a report on gaming in the state by November 6. State Sen. Kevin Shorey, the panel's co-chairman, said he would seek a delay.

The task force was created in response to a proposal by the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes to build a $400 million casino.

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Casino panel says more data needed (The Bangor Daily News 9/4)
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State casino panel to base its findings on data from tribes (The Portland Press-Herald 9/4)
Casino vote likely (The Portland Press-Herald 9/4)
Casino study 'not a sideshow or circus,' co-chairman says (AP 9/3)

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