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News Brief: The Rhode Island Supreme Court has refused Governor Carcieri's request to provide an advisory opinion on the constitutionality of the casino proposal headed for the Nov. 7 ballot.

News Brief: Officials from Rhode Island and West Warwick governments, as well as special interest groups, are disappointed with the news of a request for advisory opinion on the

ews Brief: Harrah's Entertainment and the Town Council have restarted negotiations on a host-community agreement that could bring in millions of dollars in annual revenue if the Las Vegas company realizes its plan for a casino in the town's industrial park.

News Brief: South African casino tycoon, Sol Kerzner, is planning to turn Rhode Island"s Lincoln Park into a New England"s next big casino.

News Brief: The battle over the November Rhode Island casino referendum has begun.

News Brief: Narragansett Indian Tribe’s Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas thinks that getting the vote on the November ballot has been a long time coming.

News Brief: The Harrah's-financed casino drive has now officially earned its place among the most expensive State House lobbying campaigns in history, if not the most expensive.

News Brief: The chief of the Narragansett Indian Tribe and the governor of Rhode Island are throwing rhetorical bombs at each other once again over the expansion of gambling in the state.

News Brief: Barring a successful legal challenge, casino proponents will be spinning the electoral roulette wheel this November to see if voters will approve an amendment to the constitution allowing a privately run casino in Rhode Island.

ews Brief: A proposed constitutional amendment to allow a Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick passed the Senate Committee on Constitutional and Gaming Issues on a 6-3 vote.

Bally Technologies, Inc. has signed a contract with Lincoln Park, a subsidiary of BLB Investors to provide an advanced suite of Bally Power Bonusing products and iVIEW touch-screen displays for all of the VLTs planned for the Lincoln Park racino.

News Brief: After more than four hours of debate, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that asks voters if they want to change the constitution to allow a

News Brief: The Rhode Island House Finance Committee approved a constitutional amendment yesterday allowing the Narragansett Indian Tribe and an unnamed business partner to build a casino in West Warwick.

News Brief: Johnston officials and others representing the Rhode Island town in negotiations with Donald Trump should make a sworn promise to eschew gifts or anything else of value from the casino developer, according to one of the town's lawyers.

News Brief: Rhode Islanders are about evenly split on whether the state's Constitution is too important to change to allow a Narragansett Indian casino, but a clear majority would vote in favor of such a change if it meant tax relief, a new poll has found.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment will host a public forum in West Warwick tomorrow to detail its proposed casino and address community concerns.

News Brief: Donald Trump is selling his message that an open competitive process to select a private casino in Rhode Island is the way to go.

News Brief: Johnston Town Council will meet tonight to entertain a preliminary agreement with Donald Trump and the other developers who are seeking to build a 120,000-square-foot casino in town.

News Brief: The group leading the effort to establish voter initiative in Rhode Island has rejected a call by the Narragansett Indian Tribe to support placing the proposed West Warwick casino on the November referendum ballot.

News Brief: Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives introduced legislation that would give Rhode Islanders the right to vote on a Narragansett Indian Casino.