Property tax debate turns allies into foes (Video Poker)
Property tax debate turns allies into foes
The State - One of the strongest political alliances at the State House is crumbling, threatening top political agendas and the jobs of some top S.C. business leaders. This month s sometimes heated debate over property tax reform plans has exposed a schism
State budget outlook appears a bit brighter
Baton Rouge Advocate - Revenues are coming in better than expected in post-hurricane Louisiana, and the state has an extra $410 million to spend in the current budget year. That s what a panel that determines the state revenues available for state budget spending decided
Charges sought in machine raid
Charlotte Observer - York County authorities said Friday they are preparing a case for pressing criminal gambling-related charges after seizing 464 alleged gaming machines in a raid. Business owners and game makers argue the machines nabbed by authorities Thursday are
Sports wife - and rare high roller
Philadelphia Inquirer - To the public, she’s the Great One’s adoring spouse: a mother; an actress; a fit, stunning beauty. She was named one of the all-time greatest sports wives in a 2001 ESPN.com survey. But there is another side to Janet Jones: an extremely rare female
Lottery line games far exceed income expectations
Katu.com - PORTLAND, Ore. - It started with a simple scratch-off game, an almost mom-and-pop approach to the take-a-chance, get-rich-quick, working guy’s dollar-shot-at-a-dream world of legalized gambling. A few people have gotten rich. But the state has gotten
Slow progress in Pearlington
Aspen Times - Editor’s note: Six months after Hurricane Katrina, Aspen Times reporter Scott Condon and photographer Paul Conrad are visiting Pearlington, Miss., to bring readers up to date on the recovery of this small community that Roaring Fork Valley residents
Station Casinos to Issue $300 Million of 6 5/8% Senior Subordinated
dBusinessNews.com - Station Casinos to Issue $300 Million of 6 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Las Vegas - LAS VEGAS — Station Casinos, Inc. today announced it has agreed to issue $300 million of 6 5/8% senior subordinated notes due March 15, 2018. The offering was
Monkey business
Sierra Sun - Ron Cook motions a Chevy Astro a few feet forward on the shoulder of Interstate 80, grips the tire chain with slushy gloves and pulls. After a few quick tugs on his knees in the pelting snow, Cook collects his $30 and waves the westbound travelers
Video poker proliferation
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Investigators with the Mississippi Gaming Commission say illegal machine gambling is a problem in virtually every city and county in the state. Here’s a look at the work of the commission’s investigators in the 12 months before Hurricane Katrina
N.C. GOP wants to increase pressure on Democrats over Black
Herald-Sun - RALEIGH, N.C. — The state Republican Party intensified its efforts against House Speaker Jim Black on Thursday, urging local GOP members to contact Democratic House members and urge his removal as speaker. “Tell the House Democrats that you’ve had
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