Indiana News - Page 36

News Brief: A group opposing a casino in Lynwood said Tuesday it believes news of Ho Chunk Nation government infighting could halt the project.

News Brief: The Lake County Council voted to use casino revenue to locally fund Governor Joe Kernan’s one-time tax relief plan, which caps property taxes at 2 percent of a home’s assessed value.

News Brief: A preservationist who was active in efforts to bring a casino to southern Indiana's Orange County was killed along with his wife in a car crash.

News Brief: Horsemen laid the groundwork yesterday for another push to gain slot-like gambling machines at Indiana racetracks, making a presentation designed to impress lawmakers with the industry's value to the state.

News Brief: Horsemen laid the groundwork yesterday for another push to gain slot-like gambling machines at Indiana racetracks, making a presentation designed to impress lawmakers with the industry's value to the state.

News Brief: Low wages and high insurance premiums leave many hospitality workers at four northwest Indiana riverboat casinos turning to state subsidies for family health care needs, a union-sponsored study shows.

News Brief: Southeastern Indiana's riverboat casinos combined to collect nearly $70 million in July, the region's best-grossing month ever.

News Brief: A mistake that resulted in $3 million in Indiana riverboat gambling revenue not being used as planned to lower school taxes has left Harrison County residents saddled with higher property taxes this year.

News Brief: Armed with 6,000 petition signatures, opponents of a proposed Lynwood casino took their fight Thursday to the Homewood office of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

News Brief: Village President Dan Podgorski has proposed a town hall meeting to obtain input before Lansing takes a position on a casino proposed in neighboring Lynwood.

News Brief: Plans for a new southern Indiana casino were expected to moved ahead as projected despite an announcement by Donald Trump's casino company that it will seek bankruptcy protection, state regulators and the company said Tuesday.

News Brief: Analysts watching activity in Northwest Indiana said there are several reasons gambling companies would want to add one of Harrah’s riverboats to their fleets.

News Brief: If Congress grants a tribal trust for 432 acres on the village's northeastern edge, the Ho-Chunk Nation may build the complex with or without a casino.

The Indiana Gaming Commission has accepted a proposal from Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts to build and operate a casino in Orange County Indiana.

News Brief: Former NBA star Larry Bird and billionaire Donald Trump are principals in investment groups vying for the contract to build a casino near the struggling southern Indiana community of French Lick.

John Grochowski: The new blues bar at the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, Ind., is just the latest in a series of changes and upgrades at the property.

News Brief: An Indiana businessman who police say provided illegal gambling devices to a local bar now could spend up to three years behind bars.

News Brief: A surge in attendance at Belterra Casino Resort & Spa boosted the May turnstile count at southeastern Indiana's three casinos by 7 percent compared with the same month a year earlier.

John G. Brokopp: Gamblers in the Chicago area have the rare luxury of choosing from two gaming jurisdictions to play.

International News Brief: With only a month left in the fiscal year, gambling revenues for the state are bringing in about half of what the governor's budget office originally predicted.