Editorial: Casino location all about the money (07/05)

"Mashpee Wampanoag tribe Chairman Glenn Marshall and the Mohegan Sun casino investors are certainly exercising their inalienable right to place capital gain above all other values. Mr. Marshall said this week in a public radio...

First Nations gaming profits increase 21 percent (07/05)

First Nations casinos in Saskatchewan took in a record profit of $48.8 million in the past year, the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority reported. The four casinos made a 21 percent increase in profit. Their...

Ho-Chunk Nation fails to submit compact payment (07/05)

The state of Wisconsin says the Ho-Chunk Nation owes more than $70 million in compact payments. The tribe signed a compact to share Class III revenues. But the tribe says a state Supreme Court decision...

City pushes for Mashpee Wampanoag casino (07/05)

Leaders in the city of New Bedford hope to convince the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to host a casino there. The tribe has expressed interest in New Bedford but is further along in discussions with the...

Editorial: Casinos on the horizon in Massachusetts (07/05)

"The Mashpee Wampanoags have acquired 500 acres for a casino in Middleboro and the Aquinnah Wampanoags have plans of their own. Now one of the world's leading casino operators is talking to the Patrick Administration...

Column: Democratic leader chooses tribes over labor (07/05)

"When I wrote in these pages a couple of weeks ago that California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez was on the verge of selling out his longtime union allies and was ready to green-light the largest...