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Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.

News Brief: Isle of Capri Casinos, which is considering moving a gambling boat to Elmwood, has signed an option to lease Mississippi River batture property owned by shipping giant American Commercial Barge Lines near the Huey P. Long Bridge.

News Brief: The University College of Tulane announced Monday that Alan L. Silver, a Las Vegas marketing expert, will lead its casino resort management program.

News Brief: Greenville, Mississippi, police are searching for two armed robbers who allegedly stole more than $70,000 from a casino over the weekend, then escaped by boat.

News Brief: The Mississippi Coast could lose millions of dollars if the cash-strapped state tries to increase its take of casino taxes, a scenario that has South Mississippi leaders and lawmakers worried.

News Brief: The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus is lobbying casinos to purchase goods and services from minority-owned businesses, arguing that the casinos can save money while returning something to a community on which it depends.

Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.

A decision by the Moss Point Board of Aldermen to consider the town as a casino location has garnered the support of some residents while others are skeptical casinos could benefit the community.

The Mississippi Gaming Commission exceeded its authority when it approved plans by Treasure Bay to move its casino barge to a man-made basin outside of state waters, Harrison County Circuit Judge Robert H. Walker has ruled.

Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.

News Brief: Ideas were pitched to an ad hoc committee looking into ways to protect the gambling industry from storms.

News Brief: The Mississippi Gaming Commission has introduced a proposal that casinos make confidential reports about how many Mississippi vendors the casinos contract.

News Brief: A proposed merger between Harrah's Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment could have a major impact on the Mississippi casino market.

News Brief: The coastal resort community of Biloxi, Mississippi, has transformed itself over the last decade by doing what neighbors believe is unthinkable: by legalizing gambling.

News Brief: Recently enacted legislation is allowing a Concordia Parish School Board member to keep her job at a Mississippi casino.

Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.

News Brief: Mississippi officials finally took a step toward addressing one of the pressing issues facing Coast casinos: the threat that hurricanes and deteriorating gambling barges pose to the nearly $1.2 billion industry.

News Brief: Mississippi coast casinos, souvenir shops and beach vendors have high hopes for the Fourth of July holiday, traditionally one of their busiest weekends of the year.

News Brief: Beau Rivage will invest $1 million in a community development program designed to increase the number of homebuyers and small businesses in disadvantaged areas of Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.

Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.